Two math students were asked to write an exeponential growth equations that had a starting value of 300 and a growth rate of 2%. Pierre thinks the answer is y=300(1.02)^x and Scott thinks that the answer is y=300(1.2)^x. Are either of them right and why?

Pierre is right.

Step-by-step explanation:

A growth rate of 2% means that the values is increasing by 0.02 each year so the multiplying factor is 1.02.

Pierre is correct y = 300(1.02)^x.

Scotts  answer 1.2 = a growth rate of 20%.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Polynomial x²-x³+ y²x

It has 3 terms, therefore is trinomial

Its degree:

Its degree is 3 as the greatest degree of its terms