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Growth and Decay Practice Name: 1) A population of 90,000 rabbits grows by 1.5% every year a) Write an equation that models this scenario. b) How many years will it take for the population to be exactly 150,000? ©) How many years will it take for the population to double? 2) A population of 520,000 Toucans decreases 2.7% each year. a) Write the equation that models this scenario. b) At this rate, how many years will it take for there to be 100 Toucans left? 3) You deposit $750 in a savings account that pays interest at an annual rate of 1.25%. If no money is added or withdrawn from the account, answer the following questions. a) Write an equation that models this scenario. 'b) How long will it take for your account to grow to $1000? c) How long will it take for your account to grow to $10,000? 4), Portugal's population is decreasing at a rate of 0.3% each year. The population is currently 10,251,493 people. a) Write a function that models this data. b) Assuming the rate of decrease stays at 0.3%, what will the population of Portugal be in 2036? c) What about in 2502? ©) How many years until there is only one person left in Spain? 5) Overall, the world population of 7.9 billion people is currently increasing at a rate of 1%, a) Write a function that models this data. 'b) What will the world population be in 10 years? ©) What about in 15 years? 4) Some scientists theorize that the world capacity (due to food constraints) is about 10 billion people. In what year will we theoretically hit this capacity, assuming that the rate of increase stays at aise? V5? 4) Portugal's population is decreasing at a rate of 0.3% each year. The population is currently 10,251,493 people. (0.00% ar a) Write a function that models this data, Aley = asizas (i= 2 903) +b) Assuming the rate of decrease stays at 0 3%, what will the population of Portugal be in 2036? ACY) = 101s 143, (0.447) 2036 -2orr~ = (fo 208521 (420% be Wy sens «) What about in 25022” fo 30 pesgia\ ¢) How many years until there is, oaly cue person 7M t e Au oes (44 loys 8 tory M63 (-997) bn (9985S ¢ 0 5 1oUS1413 | aaa net / (t= 5342.4 years) 5) Overall, the world population of 7.9 billion people is currently increasing at arate of 1% a) Write a function that models this data. Cz O04 AU)= Walitoor)* BF lok pepe ©) What about in 15 years? Ate) 4) Some scientists theorize that the world capacity (due to food constraints) is about‘T0 billion people.| In what year will we a hit this capacity, assuming that the rate of increase stays at 37EI@#? (% Growth and Decay Practice 5 2. a ; 1) A population of 90,000 rabbits grows by 1.5% every year. a) Write an equation that models this scenario. ALE)= S;09(14 0.015) ALL) = 92,0 Choir) b) How many years will it take for the population to be exactly 150,000? P 59,009 2.29 f Lee = Lor © 4 3 9 ) How many years will it take for the population to double? — % 1§0,009 = §o,oa0(hors )* 2) A population of $20,000 Toucans decreases 2.7% each year. 01027 a) Write the equation that models this scenario. Roe TALE) = Sto,009 (0.943) 4 b) At this rate, how many years will it take for there to be 100 Toucans left? e ae Slo noe (9,57 2 0 01423 = 9.493% 1t™* 312.6 ye 3) You deposit $750 in.a savings account that pays interest at an annual rate of 1.25%. If'no money is added or withdrawn from the account, answer the following questions. ro.o1s a) Write an equation that models this scenario. Alb) +480 (140 0125) * YAU) =FS04 b) How long will it ake for your account to grow to $1000? ee eS) ty ( t 750 — Orauy § 1.3353 = Lora * i c) How long will it take for your account to grow to $10,000? = 4 me) [2,000 = We (ots)

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