can be modeled by the function y=a×bx, where ____ and ____. The initial amount is____a and the base b is the exponential growth, which equals 1 ___ the percent rate of change expressed as a ____

can be modeled by the function y=a×b^x, where a is the initial amount, and b is the exponential growth, which equals 1 plus the percent rate of change expressed as a decimal.