Mr. Valdez puts $10,000 in a retirement account and does not make any deposits or withdrawals. The table below shows the amount of money in the account after x years.

A 2-column table with 5 rows. The first column is labeled years with entries 0, 10, 20, 30, 40. The second column is labeled amount (dollar sign) with entries 10,000; 16,000; 27,000; 43,000; 70,000.
What values, rounded to the nearest hundredth, complete the exponential regression equation that models the data?

f(x) =
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9974.73 for the first blank and 1.05 for the second blank.

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step-by-step explanation:

part a: triangles gcb and epb

part b. sides cg and rp are parallel by definition of parallelogram.

angles cgb and e are congruent by being alternate interior angles of parallel lines cut by a transversal. angles gbc and ebp are congruent because they are vertical angles. by aa similarity, the triangles are similar.

part c. since the triangles are similar, the ratios of the lengths of corresponding sides are equal.

calculation of be:

gb/be = cb/bp

(400 ft)/be = 300/200

(400 ft)/be = 3/2

3be = 2 * 400 ft

3be = 800 ft

be = 800/3 ft

calculation of pe:

gc/pe = cb/bp

(350 ft)/pe = 300/200

(350 ft)/pe = 3/2

3pe = 2 * 350 ft

3pe = 700 ft

pe = 700/3 ft