The sales, s, of a product have declined in recent years. there were 201 million sold in 1984 and 1.3 million sold in 1994. assume the sales are decreasing according to the exponential decay model, upper s left parenthesis t right parenthesis equals upper s 0 e superscript negative kt baseline . a) find the value k and write an exponential function that describes the number sold after time, t, in years since 1984. b) estimate the sales of the product in the year 2002. c) in what year (theoretically) will only 1 of the product be sold?

$527.7.if the following was the question  $527.7 is the answer.students who are trying to raise funds have an agreement with a local pizza chain. the chain has agreed to sell them pizzas at a discount, which the students can then resell to families in the local community for a profit. it is expected that of the 500 families in the community, at most 70% will buy pizza. based on a survey of their personal preferences, the students believe that they should order no more than 120 cheese pizzas, no more than 150 pepperoni pizzas, and no more than 100 vegetarian pizzas. they also want to make sure that at least 20% of the total pizzas are cheese and at least 50% of the pizzas are pepperoni. they make a profit of $1.45, $1.75, and $1.98, respectively, for each cheese, pepperoni, and vegetarian pizza they resell. how many pizzas of each type should they buy?