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    Foundations For College Mathematics part 2: Modelling exponential growth and decay. Place 2 skittles in a cup. This is trial number 0. Shake the cup and dump out the skittles. For every skittle with the "S" showing, add another skittle.

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    Foundations For College Mathematics part 2: Modelling exponential growth and decay. Place 2 skittles in a cup. This is trial number 0. Shake the cup and dump out the skittles. For every skittle with the "S" showing, add another skittle.

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    MBF3C1

    Foundations For College Mathematics

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    7.5ModellingExponentialGrowth&Decay
    SkittlesExperiment

    PartI:ModellingExponentialGrowth
    ExponentialGrowthProcedure:
    1)Place2skittlesinacup.Thisistrialnumber0.
    2)Shakethecupanddumpouttheskittles.ForeveryskittlewiththeSshowing,add
    anotherskittleandthenrecordthenewpopulation.(Ex.If5skittleslandfaceup,then
    youadd5moreskittles)
    3)Repeatstepnumber2for15trialsoruntilyourunoutofskittles.
    Trial#
    (x
    values)

    #of
    Skittles
    (y
    values)

    10

    11 12 13 14 15

    4)Plotyourdatainatableondesmosbypressingthe+buttoninthetoplefthandcorner
    (additem)andthenclicktable.Placethetrialnumberinthexvaluescolumnandthe
    numberofskittlesintheyvaluescolumn.Hereisanexample:

    MBF3C1

    Foundations For College Mathematics

    Netto/English

    ExponentialRegression
    5)Nowthatallofyourdataisplotted,youcannowfindanexponentialequationthatbest
    representsyourdata.

    a)Clickthe+buttoninthetoplefthandcorner(additem)andthenclick

    f(x)expression.

    b)Typeiny1~a(b)^x1(the^buttonondesmosisab)

    Yourscreenshouldlikesomethinglikethis:

    6)Describetherelationshipthatexistsbetweenthetrialnumberandthenumberof
    skittles.

    7)Writedownthenewequationforyourdataintheform:y=a(b)x
    _______________________________________________________________

    8)Useyournewequationtopredictthetotalnumberofskittlesontrial100.

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    PartII:ModellingExponentialDecay
    ExponentialDecayProcedure:
    1)Countthetotalnumberofskittlesthatyouhave.Recordthisnumberintrial#0.
    2)Thistimewhenyoushakethecupanddumpouttheskittles,removetheskittleswith
    theSshowing.Recordthetotalnumberofskittles.
    3)Continuethisprocessandfillinthetable.Youaredonewhenyouhavecompleted10
    phasesORwhenyourskittlespopulationgetsbelow4.
    Trial#
    (xvalues)

    #ofSkittles
    (yvalues)

    ExponentialRegression
    4)Plotyourdatainatableondesmosbypressingthe+buttoninthetoplefthandcorner
    (additem)andthenclicktable.Placethetrialnumberinthexvaluescolumnandthe
    numberofskittlesintheyvaluescolumn.
    5)Nowthatallofyourdataisplotted,youcannowfindanexponentialequationthatbest
    representsyourdata.

    a)Clickthe+buttoninthetoplefthandcorner(additem)andthenclick

    f(x)expression.

    b)Typeiny1~a(b)^x1(the^buttonondesmosisab)

    6)Describetherelationshipthatexistsbetweenthetrialnumberandthenumberof
    skittles.

    7)Writedownthenewequationforyourdataintheform:y=a(b)x
    _______________________________________________________________

    10

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