The rate of auto thefts doubles every 9 months. (a) Determine, to two decimal places, the base b for an exponential model y = Ab t of the rate of auto thefts as a function of time in months. HINT [See...

(a) Determine, to two decimal places, the baseb for an exponential modely =Ab

^t
 of the rate of auto thefts as a function of time in months. HINT [See Section 2.2 Example 2.]

b =


(b) Find the tripling time to the nearest tenth of a month.
 months