Which rule describes the function whose graph is shown?

Yes, that is the correct formula. to solve this problem given the number of years, plug in the number of years for t and plug the whole thing into the

First step is to get rid of the square root. remember that a square root is the same as raising to the (1/2) power. see below: multiply exponents per exponent rules to get: remember you subtract exponents from the denominator and add exponents in the numerator so: simplify further: so a is the correct choice. if you don't understand this google exponent rules and it will you understand. look at the image results.