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Recycled Cell Phones The number of cell phones recycled or refurbished instead of se...

Recycled Cell Phones The number of cell phones recycled or refurbished instead of sent to landfills is increasing by approximately 30% per year since 2004. In 2008, 5.5 million cell phones were recycled.

(Source: Based on data from www.usatoday.com/news/snapshot.htm)

a. Find an exponential model for the verbal description.

b. According to the model, how many cell phones were recycled in 2004? Is this interpolation or extrapolation?

c. According to the model, how many cell phones will be recycled in 2012? Is this interpolation or extrapolation?

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