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4.3 - Exponential Growth and Decay

The document provides examples of exponential growth and decay word problems. It includes 22 practice problems involving calculating multipliers for growth and decay rates, writing explicit equations, and solving for unknown values. The problems cover topics like movie ticket prices increasing over time, computer depreciation, bacterial growth, investment growth, and halving of participants over multiple rounds.

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4.3 - Exponential Growth and Decay

The document provides examples of exponential growth and decay word problems. It includes 22 practice problems involving calculating multipliers for growth and decay rates, writing explicit equations, and solving for unknown values. The problems cover topics like movie ticket prices increasing over time, computer depreciation, bacterial growth, investment growth, and halving of participants over multiple rounds.

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Integrated Algebra Name___________________________________

4.3 - Exponential Growth and Decay Period____


Given the growth/decay percentage, determine the multiplier.
1) 5% Growth 2) 12% Decay

3) 200% Growth 4) 0.85% Decay

State whether each of the following equations represents growth or decay.


x x
5) f ( x) = 3 6) f ( x) = 0.25

x x
7) f ( x) = 1.01 8) f ( x) = 0.033

x x
9) f ( x) = 6·5
10) f ( x) = 6 ×
1
2 ()
Identify the necessary information and solve.
11) Movie Tickets now average $9.75 a ticket, 12) A powerful computer is purchased for
but are increasing 15% per year. How $2000, but loses 20% of its value each
much will they cost 5 years from now? year. How much will it be worth 4 years
from now?
a. Growth or Decay?
a. Growth or decay?
b. What is your multiplier?
b. What is your multiplier?
c. Is $9.75 your zero term or first term?
c. Is $2000 your zero term or first term?
d. Write the explicit equation.
d. Write the explicit equation.
e. Solve.
e. Solve

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13) Dinner at your grandfather's favorite 14) If a gallon of milk costs $3 now and the
restaurant now costs $25.25 and has been price is increasing 10% each year, how
increasing at 4% each year. How much long before a gallon of milk costs $10?
did it cost him 35 years ago?
a. Growth or decay?
a. Growth or decay?
b. What is the multiplier?
b. What is your multiplier?
c. Write the explicit equation.
c. Write explicit equation.
d. Where does 10 go?
d . What is the value of n in this case?
e. Solve.
e. Solve.

Write the explicit equation for each and solve.


15) The number of bacteria present in a 16) A 1970 comic book originally sold for
colony is 180 at noon and the bacteria $0.35 has appreciate 10% per year. What
grows at a rate of 22% per hour. How will it be worth in 2020? Round to the
many will be present at 8 p.m.? Round to nearest cent.
the nearest whole bacteria.

17) Inflation is at a rate of 7% per year. 18) Ryan's motorcycle is now worth $2500. It
Today, Janelle's favorite bread costs $3.79. has depreciated 12% each year since it
What would it have cost ten years ago? was purchased. If he bought it four years
ago, what did it cost brand new? Round
to the nearest dollar

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19) A bank account starts with $100 and earns 20) Jim received a $2000 loan from his bank.
4% interest annually. How much money The loan accrues 3% interest every 3
will be in the account after 12 years months. How much will Jim owe the bank
assuming no transactions have occured. after 4 years? Round to the nearest cent.
Round to the nearest cent.

21) Each year the local country club sponsors 22) John is curious how much money he can
a tennis tournament. Play starts with 128 make in a month. He makes one pennty on
participants. During each round, half of March 1st. He hopes to double the
hte players are eliminated. How many amount he makes each day. How much
players remain after 5 rounds? money would he have made on March
31st?

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Answers to 4.3 - Exponential Growth and Decay
1) 105% = 1.05 3) 300% = 3.0 5) Growth; 3 > 1 7) Growth; 1.01 > 1
9) Growth; 5 > 1 11) a. Growth; b. 1.15; c. Zero term;
x
d. f ( x) = 9.75 × 1.15 ; e. f (5) = $19.61
x x
13) a. Growth; b. 1.04; c. f ( x) = 25.25 × 1.04 ; 15) f ( x) = 180 × 1.22 ; f (8) = 883
d. n = -35; e. f (-35) = $6.40
x x
17) f ( x) = 3.79 × 1.07 ; f (-10) = $2.36 19) f ( x) = 100 × 1.04 ; f (12) = $160
x
21) f ( x) = 128 ×()1
2
; f (5) = 4 people

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