Exploration 7 - Due 10111

1) Create a system of inequalities (several different

statements) where the shaded region on the graph

will be a square centered at the origin. Do this
without any horizontal or vertical lines.

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2) When you rip a sheet of paper in half once, you

end up with two pieces. Rip it twice, and you have

four pieces. Rip it a third time, and you have 8

pieces. Write an equation that represents the
number of pieces as a function of the number of
rips. How does this equation differ from linear equations?

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3) A 1-gram growing sponge is observed to triple in size every hour. How big is the sponge after

two hours? Five hours?

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4) Write a function to represent the mass of the sponge after f hours. How big is the sponge after
38 minutes? After one day? After one week?
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5) What are the domain and range of this function?

6) As time goes on, what happens to the rate of growth?

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