Pelicano, Mary Carmielyne T. Performance Task 3.

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11 – Quality General Mathematics

1. There are three options for investing 𝑃 50,000. The first earns 8% compounded semi-annually, the
second earns 8% compounded monthly, and the third earns 8% compounded continuously. Which
investment yields the highest return after 20 years?

∴ The third investment, which was compounded continuously, yields

the highest return after 20 years.
2. If a certain country has a population of about 30,000,000 people and a doubling time of 19 years and
if growth continues at the same rate, find the population in: (a) 10 years, (b) 30 years. Round off the
answer to the nearest whole number.

3. Radioactive gold 198, used in imaging the structure of the liver, has a half-life of 2.67 days. If we
start with 50𝑚𝑔 of the isotope, how many milligrams will be left after: (a) 3 days? (b) 2 weeks?
3. A certain type of bacteria increases according to the model 𝑃(𝑡) = 100𝑒0.1279𝑡 where 𝑡 is the time
in hours. Find the number of bacteria at (a) 0 hours, (b) 5 hours, and (c) 10 hours.