Algebra 1 – A11C

Classwork

Question Exponential Write a function that Answer:

Growth or
represents this
Decay?
situation
1. You buy a Initial Amount =
house for
$130,000. It
appreciates
6% per year. Growth/Decay Rate:
How much is
Percent = Decimal =
it worth in 10 years?
Function that represents
this situation:

2. Mr. MD is losing 20% of Initial Amount =

his hair each
year  If he
currently has Growth/Decay Rate:
1,546 hairs on
his head, about Percent = Decimal =

how many hairs Function that represents

will he have left this situation:
after 10 years?

3. If you invest $40 in an Initial Amount =

account for 10 years at a
3% interest rate how much
money will you have? Growth/Decay Rate:

Percent = Decimal =
Function that represents
this situation:

Function that represents

this situation:

4. A species of extremely rare, Initial Amount =

deep water fish are slowly
becoming extinct. If there are
a total 821 of this type of fish Growth/Decay Rate:
and there are 15% fewer fish
each month, how Percent = Decimal =
many will there
be in half a year?