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Exponential Models Date________________

Solve each discrete exponential growth/decay problem.
1) A company promises to release a new 2) A savings account balance is compounded
smartphone model every month. Each annually. If the interest rate is 3% per
model's battery life will be 6% longer than year and the current balance is $1,639.00,
the previous model's. If the current what will the balance be 9 years from
model's battery life is 748.0 minutes, what now?
will the latest model's battery life be 7
months from now?

3) An employee receives a 3% raise once per 4) A company promises to release a new

year. If the employee's initial salary is smartphone model every month. Each
$78,300.00, what will the employee's model's battery life will be 5% longer than
salary be after 10 years? the previous model's. If the current
model's battery life is 614.0 minutes, what
will the latest model's battery life be 5
months from now?

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5) For a period of time, E. coli bacteria in a 6) Atmospheric pressure decreases
culture grows exponentially. If the approximately exponentially as elevation
population doubles every 34 minutes and increases. If the pressure decreases by
the current population is 108.0 million, half every 3.9 miles and the pressure at
what will the population be 15 minutes sea level is 30.0 inHg, what is the pressure
from now? at 13 miles above sea level?

7) Radioactive isotope Carbon-14 decays 8) A savings account balance is compounded

exponentially. If the continuous decay continuously. If the interest rate is 4% per
rate is 12% per thousand years and the year and the current balance is $1,457.00,
current mass is 633.30 grams, what will what will the balance be 11 years from
the mass be 16 thousand years from now? now?

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Exponential Models Date________________

Solve each discrete exponential growth/decay problem.
1) A company promises to release a new 2) A savings account balance is compounded
smartphone model every month. Each annually. If the interest rate is 3% per
model's battery life will be 6% longer than year and the current balance is $1,639.00,
the previous model's. If the current what will the balance be 9 years from
model's battery life is 748.0 minutes, what now?
will the latest model's battery life be 7 
months from now?  ≈ $2,138.52

 ≈ 1,124.7 minutes

3) An employee receives a 3% raise once per 4) A company promises to release a new

year. If the employee's initial salary is smartphone model every month. Each
$78,300.00, what will the employee's model's battery life will be 5% longer than
salary be after 10 years? the previous model's. If the current

model's battery life is 614.0 minutes, what
 ≈ $105,228.65 will the latest model's battery life be 5
months from now?
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 ≈ 783.6 minutes

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 Solve each continous exponential growth/decay problem.
5) For a period of time, E. coli bacteria in a 6) Atmospheric pressure decreases
culture grows exponentially. If the approximately exponentially as elevation
population doubles every 34 minutes and increases. If the pressure decreases by
the current population is 108.0 million, half every 3.9 miles and the pressure at
what will the population be 15 minutes sea level is 30.0 inHg, what is the pressure
from now? at 13 miles above sea level?
 

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 
 ≈ 146.6 million 
 ≈ 3.0 inHg


7) Radioactive isotope Carbon-14 decays 8) A savings account balance is compounded

exponentially. If the continuous decay continuously. If the interest rate is 4% per
rate is 12% per thousand years and the year and the current balance is $1,457.00,
current mass is 633.30 grams, what will what will the balance be 11 years from
the mass be 16 thousand years from now? now?
 
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