Growth Decay Equation

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Identify the percent (%) increase or decrease for the function: f(x) = 35 (1 – 0.06)

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Decrease by 6%

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Exponential Growth

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This is an example of: Linear Growth, Linear Decay, Exponential Growth, Exponential Decay

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Exponential Growth

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Exponential Growth

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Exponential Growth

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Equation for bacteria culture starting with 5000 cells, dying by 30% each year.

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y=5000(0.7)^x

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What is the initial amount for the function: f(x) = 300(1.16)^x?

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300

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An antibiotic is introduced into a colony of 12,000 bacteria during a laboratory experiment. The colony is decreasing by 14.9% per minute. Which function can be used to model the number of bacteria in the colony after x minutes?

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f(x) = 12000(1 - 0.149)^x

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What is a, the starting term, for the function: f(x) = 800(0.85)^x?

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800

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What is b, the common ratio, for the function: f(x) = 300(1.16)^x?

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1.16