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In Example 1, in what year will the amount spent on mobile online advertising be about $300 billion?
The amount S (in billions of dollars) spent in the United States on mobile online advertising in the years 2010 through 2014 are shown in the table. A
Year | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
Advertising Spending | 0.6 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 7.1 | 12.5 |
An exponential growth model that approximates the data is
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