Exponential Word Problems Half The Life

You have 30,016 grams of radioactive kind of rubidium. How much will be left after 54 minutes if its half-life is 18 minutes?

• 15,008 grams.

• 7,504 grams

• 3,752 grams.

• 1,876 grams.

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Due to its weakening steel industry, Canalave Town has been experiencing a population decline of 10% every year. The current population is 74,000 people. Assuming the trend continues, which equation projects the population in x years?

• y = 74,000 (0.10)^x

• y = 74,000 (0.90)^x

• y = 74,000 (1.10)^x

• y = 74,000 (1.90)^x

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A city doubles its size every 64 years. If the population is currently 225,000, what will the population be in 128 years?

• The population will be 225,000.

• The population will be 450,000.

• The population will be 900,000.

• The population will be 1,800,000.

The value of a car purchased for $20,000 decreases at a rate of 12% per year. What will be the value of the car after 3 years?

• $12,800.00

• $13,629.44

• $17,600.00

• $28,098.56

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Which of the following is an example of exponential decay?

• The amount of a radioactive substance decreases by half every 1000 years.

• The population of a city increases by 5% each year.

• The height of a plant grows by 2 cm every week.

• The price of a stock increases by $100 every month.

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The equation Q = 12e^{-.09t is given to show the amount of an element remaining after t years. how long will it take for the element to reach 3 mg?}

• 4.5 years

• 12.7 years

• 2.7 years

• 15.4 years

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If the population of a city is 50,000 and grows at a continuous rate of 3% per year, what will be the population after 5 years?

• 58,091

• 55,000

• 60,000

• 50,000

Eduardo currently has 500 followers on TikTok. He makes a video after the basketball game and it goes viral! Since he became internet famous, the number of followers is increasing by 25% daily. Write an exponential function that represents the relationship between x, the number of days since Eduardo posted the video and y, the total number of followers Eduardo has.

Mathematical Equivalence

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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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Write and exponential function for the following problem: Mrs. Madison starts the year off with 100 pencils. Each week, half of the pencils disappear. How many would be left after x weeks?

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