At the beginning of an environmental study, ad forest covered an area of&nbsp;1500km2.Since then, this area has decreased by 4.25% each year.Let t be the number of years since the start of the study.Let y be the area that the forest covers in&nbsp;km2.&nbsp;Write an exponential function showing relationship between y and t.

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At the beginning of an environmental study, ad forest covered an area of&amp;nbsp;1500km2.Since then, this area has decreased by 4.25% each year.Let t be the number of years since the start of the study.Let y be the area that the forest covers in&amp;nbsp;km2.&amp;nbsp;Write an exponential function showing relationship between y and t.

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Given,Area of the forest initially=1500 km2. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Rate of decrease of area=4.25%&amp;nbsp;Since,y is the area of the forest after t no. of years,therefore, quadratic equation is y=1500-4.25/100×t km2

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