Why do whole number to an exponent get greater, while fractions raised to an exponent get smaller?

Amanager recorded the number of bicycles sold by his company each quarter. his projected sales after t years is given by the expression below. which of the following statements best describes the expression? a. the initial sales of 575 bicycles increases at the rate of 4% over 4 quarters. b. the initial sales of 575 bicycles increases at the rate of 18% over 4 years. c. the initial sales of 575 bicycles increases at the rate of 4% over t quarters. d. the initial sales of 575 bicycles increases at the rate of 18% over t years.

Human body temperatures have a mean of 98.20° f and a standard deviation of 0.62°. sally's temperature can be described by z = 1.4. what is her temperature? round your answer to the nearest hundredth. 99.07°f 97.33°f 99.60°f 100.45°f

Evaluate the expression for the given value of the variable. ∣-4b-8∣+∣-1-b^2 ∣+2b^3 ; b=-2