GMAS: Exponential growth/decay

Which equation could be used to estimate the population of Oak City in 10 years?

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CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2

• 1

• 0.073

• 1.073

• 273

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CCSS.HSF-IF.C.8B

• the growth factor of the investment

• the initial value

• the projected value.

• the value of the investment after 1 year.

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CCSS.HSF.LE.B.5

• 1.24

• 5

• x

• f(x)

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CCSS.HSF.LE.B.5

• initial value

• growth rate

• growth factor

• total population

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CCSS.HSF.LE.B.5

The number of canned food goods in a local store decreases at a rate of 4% per month. The number of cans of food in the store was originally 10,984.
About how many canned goods will be there after 1 year?

Hint: convert year to months.

• 5837

• 6730

• 7321

• 5670

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1C

In the year 1930, the number of cartons of milk produced in the city of Dillus each year was 295,000. Each year since 1930, the number of cartons produced has increased on average by 4.75% over the amount produced by the previous year.

Approximately what was the total number of cartons in 1937?

• 408,226

• 480,909

• 493,500

• 477,613

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

The number of mosquitoes at the beginning of the summer was 4,000. The population of mosquitoes is expected to grow at a rate of 25% a month. How many mosquitoes will there be after 4 months?

• 9784

• 9006

• 9765

• 5433

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

If a city that currently has a population of 1000 triples in size every 8 years, what will the population be in 24 years? Is the population growth modeled by a linear function or an exponential function?

• 12,000; linear

• 18,000; exponential

• 27,000; exponential

• 29,000; exponential

• The balance in the account increases at a rate of 3.5% each year.

• The initial balance of this account is $1,035.

• The initial balance of the account decreases at a rate of 96.5% each year.

• The balance in the account at the end of one year is $1,000.

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CCSS.HSF.LE.B.5