In this activity, you will model a situation using an exponential inequality and then find the solution for the inequality. Read the scenario, and then complete each question.
Resource managers are monitoring the growth of purple loosestrife, an invasive marsh plant, in a wetland. Purple loosestrife covers 500 acres of the 1,240-acre wetland. The area covered by the plant increases by 20% per year. Use an exponential inequality to determine when the area covered by purple loosestrife will stop increasing.