Exponential Word Problems Revolution Prep Homework

Exponential
Word Problems
Homework
Exponential Word Problems Revolution Prep Homework

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A bucket left outside had an initial height
of 3 cm of water in it. During a
thunderstorm, the height of the water in
bucket doubles every 20 minutes. The rain
lasts for 150 minutes.
𝑥𝑥
y = a(2) 𝑡𝑡
Walter invests $203 into a bank account
that compounds monthly with an interest
rate of 7.5%. After 10 years, he wants to
see how much money is in his bank
account.
𝑟𝑟
A = P(1 + )(𝑛𝑛)(𝑡𝑡)
𝑛𝑛

What values should be used for the What values should be used for the
variables in the above equation given the variables in the above equation given the
provided information? provided information?

a = __________ P = __________

x = __________ r = __________

t = __________ n = __________

t = __________

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4
Donald’s car cost $17,250 when he first
bought it. Every year the value of the car D(t) = 100(2)𝑡𝑡
depreciates by 16%. Donald wants to
determine the value of his car after 8 years. The function D(t) above models the number
of liters of fluid in a tank after t hours.
y = a(1 – r)t Which of the following functions models the
number of liters of fluid in the tank after x
What values should be used for the minutes?
variables in the above equation given the
provided information?
𝑥𝑥
A) D(x) = 100(2)60
a = __________
60
r = __________ B) D(x) = 100(2) 𝑥𝑥

t = __________ C) D(x) = 100(2)60𝑥𝑥

D) D(x) = 100(2)𝑥𝑥
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Hugh opens a bank account that earns In 2009, there were 15 members in an
interest at a rate of 4% compounded online book club. The number of members
annually. He puts $600 in the account increased by 10% each year after 2009. If B
when it is opened. If the amount of money represents number of members y years
in the account after 2 years is given by the after 2009, then which of the following
expression A = 600(1.04)2, which of the equations models the number of members
following expressions models the amount of over time?
money in the account after 1 year? y
2
A) B = 15(1.90)
y
A) A= 600(1.04)2 2
B) B = 15(1.10)
B) A= 300(1.02)2
C) B = 15(1.90)y
C) A = 600(1.04)
D) B = 15(1.10)y
D) A = 300(1.02)

6 The table below shows four different

sequences. Which sequence of numbers,
The number of fruit flies in a contained when read left to right, accurately
habitat is being monitored for a science represents exponential growth?
experiment. Each day, the amount is
counted as modeled by the table below. Sequence ID Sequence Values
Which of the following best describes the Sequence A 80, 90, 100, 110, 120
relationship between the time and the Sequence B 1, 10, 100, 1000, 10000
number of fruit flies?
Sequence C 1000, 500, 100, 20, 2

Day # of Fruit Flies Sequence D 1, 0.1, 0.01, 0.001, 0.001

Day 0 5
A) Sequence A
Day 1 9
Day 2 16 B) Sequence B

Day 3 29
C) Sequence C

Day 4 52
D) Sequence D

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A) Linear Increase
B) Linear Decrease A computer science student created a
program that doubles a number every 45
C) Exponential Growth seconds. If the original number is 3, what
D) Exponential Decay will the number be after 3 minutes?

A) 48
B) 81
C) 24
D) 512
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Each year, the value of an investment
increases by 3.5% of the previous year’s
value. The initial value of the investment
was $700. Which equation gives the value
of the investment y, in dollars, x years after
the initial investment was made?
A local bank is offering new customers
accounts with a nine percent interest rate
that is compounded quarterly. Chet
deposits $3 into a new account. After 50
years, what value, in dollars, will be in the
account? (round your answer to the nearest $)

A) y = 700(1.035)x A) $223
B) $265
B) y = 700(0.35)x
C) $211
C) y = 700(3.5)x D) $257

D) y = 700(1.35)x
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11 The equation x = 78(0.92)z models the value

The blue gill fish population in Lake Scale
has doubled in size every 4 months for the
past 3 years. The equation P = a(2)g can be
used to model the population, P, of blue gill
in the lake over time. What value should be
used for g ?
A) 12
B) 9
C) 4
D) 3
of one of Watson’s baseball cards, x, in
dollars over time, z, in years. The value of
the card depreciates every year by the same
percentage. Which of the following is the
best interpretation of (0.92)z in this
context?
A) The value of the baseball card increases
by 8% each year for z years.
B) The value of the baseball card increases
by 92% each year for z years.
C) The value of the baseball card
decreases by 8% each year for z years.

12 D) The value of the baseball card

decreases by 92% each year for z years.
The depth of the snow and the temperature
outside were measured every 2 hours as
modeled by the table below. Which of the 15
following best describes the relationship
between the temperature and the depth of Each year, a bowling alley hosts a
the snow? tournament. After each game, 25 percent of
the bowlers are eliminated. If the
Depth (cm) Temperature (°F)
tournament starts with 100 bowlers, which of
33 32.1
27 36.4
the following functions, B, models the
21 40.7 remaining number of bowlers after g games?
15 45.0
A) B(g) = 100(0.25)g
A) Exponential Decay
B) B(g) = 100(0.75)g
B) Exponential Growth
C) Linear Decrease C) B(g) = 25(1 – 0.25)g
D) Linear Increase
D) B(g) = 25(1 – 0.75)g
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Steve opens a bank account for his son that
earns twelve percent interest compounded
monthly. He initially deposits $5,000 and
uses the expression A = $5,000(b)c*12 to find
the value, A, of the account after c years.
What value should be used for b in the
expression?
A) 1.01
B) 1.03
C) 1.12
D) 0.12
Grandma opens a bank account that earns
0.8 percent interest compounded quarterly.
She initially deposits P dollars and uses the
expression A = P(y)z to find the value, A, of
the account after 102 years. What value
should be used for y in the expression?
A) 1.002
B) 1.008
C) 1.02
D) 1.08

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The initial number of bacterial cells in a Radioactive substance Q has a half-life of 2

population is 4. The number of cells in the days. Half-life is the amount of time it
colony triples every 8 hours for 2 days. How takes for half of the amount of a substance
many bacterial cells will there be after 2 to degrade. Which of the given graphs could
days? model the amount substance Q as a
function of time?
A) 64
B) 324
C) 1,024
D) 2,916

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Ivy’s English ivy vine doubles in length

every 4 weeks. The length at the beginning
of April when she planted it was 1.5 feet. If
L represents the length, in feet, w weeks
after the beginning of April, then which of
the following equations models the length
of the ivy vine over time?

A) L = 1.5(2)4𝑤𝑤

B) L = 1.5w + (2)4

𝑤𝑤
C) L = 1.5(2) 2

𝑤𝑤
D) L = 1.5(2) 4
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A business account is opened by a local The equation A = 321(1 +

0.2
12 ) models
(12)(q)
alterations shop. The owner of the shop
initially deposits $63,000 into an account the value A, in dollars, in Manila’s bank
with a 13 percent interest rate that account after q years with compounding
compounds annually. Which of the
following functions models the value, A(x), interest. Which of the following is the best
in dollars, that the account will have after x interpretation of (1 +
0.2
) in this context?
12
years?
A) The initial value deposited in the
account was $321.
A) A(x) = 63,000(1.13)12x
B) The bank account has a 20% interest
B) A(x) = 63,000(1.13)x
rate that compounds monthly.
C) A(x) = 63,000(1.0108)12x
C) The bank account has a 2% interest
rate that compounds monthly.
D) A(x) = 63,000(1.0325)4x
D) The bank account has a 2% interest
rate that compounds annually.

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The value of Carl’s Honda Accord is $9,125 24

today. A car salesman estimates that his
car will lose 14.5 percent of its value each Which of the following data sets would be
year for the next t years. The car salesman best modeled by the equation y = abx, where
uses the equation V = 9125(x)t to model the b > 1?
value, V, of his car after t years. What value
should the salesman use for x ?

A) 1.145
B) 0.145
C) 0.855
D) 1.450
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Exponential Word Problems Homework

1) a=3 x = 150 t = 20
2) a = 17,250 r = 0.16 t=8
3) P = 203 r = 0.075 n = 12 t = 10
4) A
5) C
6) C
7) D
8) B
9) A
10) A
11) B
12) C
13) D
14) C
15) B
16) A
17) D
18) D
19) A
20) D
21) B
22) C
23) B
24) C