Exponential Decay

Exponential Growth & Decay

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Label the parts of the Exponential Growth Formula.

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Time

Initial Amount

Final Amount

Growth Rate

Multiple Choice

Which graph represents exponential decay?

Multiple Choice

Make the percent to decimal.
7.25%

• 7.25
• 72.5
• 0.725
• 0.0725

Multiple Choice

Change 6.75% to a decimal.

• 67.5
• .675
• 675
• .0675

Poll

Would you rather ...

• ... be able to fly?

• ... be invisible?

Multiple Select

Which of the following words show decay? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

• Increase

• Decrease

• Grows

• Decays

• Depreciates

Multiple Choice

Solve: 

• A
• B
• C
• D

Multiple Choice

What does the a in y=a(1+r)^x  represent?

• Time
• Rate
• Slope
• Initial Amount

Multiple Choice

Gasoline costs $1.99 per gallon. If the price per gallon increases an average of 6% per month, which function models the exponential growth of the pricing?

• 1.06(1.99)^t

• 1.99(1.06)^t

• [1.06(1.99)]^t

• 1.99(.94)^t

Multiple Choice

Hank Aaron owns a rare baseball card. He bought the card for $9.50 in 1987 and its value increases by 7% each year. Write and use an exponential growth or decay function to find the baseball card's value in 2021.

• 9.99

• 94.79

• 947.92

• 17.44

Multiple Choice

Ms. Barnes started working at her second job earning $10.14 per hour. Every 6 months, she gets a 2.75% raise. If Ms. Barnes has worked at her second job for 12 years, what is her hourly rate?

• $19.44

• $1.38

• $1.92

• $194.45

Multiple Choice

Matt bought a new Porsche 911 Cabriolet for $183,600 in 2021. Every year, the value of the car depreciates by 6.94%. Write and use an exponential growth or decay function to find the value of his car at the end of his 60-month loan.

• $1,281,409,436

• $128,141

• $256,787

• $2,453

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In March, 2020, before the Covid-19 lockdown, 1,200,000 Texans had applied for unemployment. During the COVID-19 lockdown, the number of people applying for unemployment increased by 4% each month. What exponential function can be used to find the number of people applying for unemployment after x months of COVID-19 lockdown?​

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following exponential functions represents an initial value of 1450 and a decay of 18% for x years?

• $$y=1450\left(0.18\right)^x$$

• $$y=1450\left(1.18\right)^x$$

• $$y\ =\ 1450\ -\left(0.18\right)^x$$

• $$y=1450\left(0.82\right)^x$$

Multiple Select

Select all the equations that represent exponential decay.

• $$y=\frac{1}{2}\left(4\right)^x$$

• $$y=4\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^x$$

• $$y=80\left(1.4\right)^x$$

• $$y=60\left(0.7\right)^x$$

• $$y=3\left(0.6\right)^x$$