Please help me out this is due

The amount of money, in dollars, in an account after t years is given by a = 1000(1.03)^t. the initial deposit into the account was $_^a0 and the interest rate was _a1% per year. only enter numbers in the boxes. do not include any commas or decimal points^t. the initial deposit into the account was $__^a0 and the interest rate is % per year.

Which expression is equivalent to 16 in exponential form? a) 4 × 4 b) 8 × 2 c) 23 d) 24

8.74 rounded to the nearest whole number