Describe a real-life situation that would create the graph to the right. Include labels on the x-axis and y-axis on the graph.

Do some research and find a city that has experienced population growth. determine its population on january 1st of a certain year. write an exponential function to represent the city’s population, y, based on the number of years that pass, x after a period of exponential growth. describe the variables and numbers that you used in your equation.