Topic 1 Lesson 1 Exploration

What type of situation is this?

The world population in 2000 was approximately 6.08 billion. The

annual rate of increase was about 1.26%.

• Exponential Growth

• Exponential Decay

What type of situation is this?

A computer valued at $6500 depreciates at the rate of 14.3% per

year.

• Exponential Growth

• Exponential Decay

What type of situation is this?

The population of a certain animal species decreases at a rate of  3.5% per year. You have counted 80 of the animals in the habitat  you are studying.

• Exponential Growth

• Exponential Decay

What type of situation is this?

A $12,500 car depreciates 9% each year

• Exponential Growth

• Exponential Decay

What type of situation is this?

A baseball card bought for $50 increases 3% in value each  year

• Exponential Growth

• Exponential Decay

What type of situation is this?

A hospital prepares a 100mg supply of technetium‐99m which has

a half‐life of 6 hours.

• Exponential Growth

• Exponential Decay