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Interpret change in exponential models

Akiba started studying how the number of branches on his tree changes over time.
The relationship between the elapsed time, tt, in years, since Akiba started studying his tree, and the total number of its branches, N(t)N(t), is modeled by the following function:

Complete the following sentence about the yearly percent change in the number of branches.
Every year,
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 66
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3/53/5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7/47/4
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/41\ 3/4
  • an exact decimal, like 0.750.75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12 pi12\ \text{pi} or 2/3 pi2/3\ \text{pi}
%\% of branches are
the total number of branches.