If any can help me out

Can some one me with this math problem?

Taber invested money in an account where interest is compounded every year.he made no withdrawals or deposits. the function a(t)=525(1+0.05)^t represent the amount of money in the account after t years. how much money did taber origanally invested?

Adriana had a garden where he measured the height of a corn plant. what. on the first day,it was 145 cm tall.after 2 weeks is grew by 23 cm.what is the height of the corn plant