Exponential Functions Versus Growth and Decay

What type of function is y = 7(5/4)^x?

• Exponential GROWTH

• Exponential DECAY

• Linear

• Not a function

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CCSS.HSF-IF.C.8B

Is the pictured graph growth, decay, or linear or none?  

• Exponential Growth

• Exponential Decay

• Linear

• None

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CCSS.HSF-IF.C.7E

Is this exponential growth or decay?

• Growth

• Decay

• Linear

• Not a function

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CCSS.HSF-IF.C.7E

In an exponential function, what does the b value represent?

• Rate of growth or decay

• Growth or Decay factor

• Initial value

• Exponent

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CCSS.HSF-IF.C.8B

• A

• B

• C

• D

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CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2

Emily is culturing bacteria that have a growth rate of 5% per hour. If the current population is 36,000 bacteria, how many bacteria will there be in 12 hours? If necessary, round your answer to the nearest whole number.

• 8,789,062 bacteria.

• 19,452 bacteria.

• 61,572 bacteria.

• 64,651 bacteria.

The number of research papers in Professor Sycamore area of expertise has been increasing by 5% every year. Given that 30,010 research papers were published this year. Assuming the trend continues, which equation projects the amount of research papers published in x years?

• y = 30,010 (.05)^x

• y = 30,010 (1.05)^x

• y = 30,010 (.95)^x

• y = 30,010 (5)^x

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CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2

How many fruit flies are in the population after 7 days (1 week)?

• 140 flies

• 105 flies

• 101 flies

• 735 flies

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1A

This is an example of.....

• exponential decay

• exponential growth

• constant change

• a linear function

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CCSS.HSF-IF.C.7E

Is the population growing or decreasing, and by how much?

• growing by 4.5%

• decreasing by 4.5%

• growing by 95.5%

• decreasing by .955

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CCSS.HSF-IF.C.8B