Choose the One Alternative That Best Completes the Statement or Answers

Multiple Choice

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
-A certain country's Consumer Price Index is approximated by $\mathrm { A } ( \mathrm { t } ) = 100 \mathrm { e } ^ { 0.024 \mathrm { t } }$ , where $\mathrm { t }$ represents the number of years. Use the function to determine the year in which costs will be $50 \%$ higher than in year 0.

A) year 17
B) year 19
C) year 13
D) year 15