Question 4 • CMS 2026-2027 NC Math 1 CREDIT RECOVERY
The expression is 400 × 0.5^t, so the amount is multiplied by 0.5 for each passing year. Because 0.5 is between 0 and 1, the amount gets smaller over time. This is exponential decay, so the correct choice is D, exponential decay.
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