|Question 18Math

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Prompt
In 2018, approximately 40,000 kilowatts of solar power capacity was newly installed in a certain area in the United States. In 2019, the amount of newly installed solar power capacity in this area increased by 11% from the amount of newly installed solar power capacity in 2018. If the amount of newly installed solar power capacity continues to increase each year by 11% of the previous year's newly installed solar power capacity, which of the following types of functions best describes how the amount of newly installed solar power capacity changes over time?
Increasing linear
A
Decreasing linear
B
Increasing exponential
C
Decreasing exponential
D