Maap Assessment Growth and Decay Word Problem

Someone drops a basketball from a height of 10 feet. Each time it bounces, the bounce height decreases by 1/3. Which statement is correct?

• The decay rate is 1/3

  and the decay factor is 2/3

• The decay rate is 2/3

  and the decay factor is 1/3

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

If 10 mg of iodine 131 is given to a patient, how much is left after 24 days? The half-life of iodine-131 is 8 days.

• 25mg

• 25g

• 10g

• 10mg

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CCSS.HSF.LE.A.4

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

Tags

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2

What is the initial value for the function: f(x) = 300(1.16)^x?

• 300

• 1.16

• .16

• x

Classify the model as Exponential GROWTH or DECAY.
A=1200(.85)⁶

• Growth

• Decay

Tags

CCSS.HSF-IF.C.8B

• Linear Growth

• Linear Decay

• Exponential Growth

• Exponential Decay

Tags

CCSS.HSF-IF.C.8B

A flea medicine breaks down at a rate of 20% per hour. This is the rate of decay of the medicine. The initial dose is 60 milligrams. Which of the following represent the equation the models the amount of flea medicine left in an animal?

Tags

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2

The value of a car depreciates exponentially. Identify the decay factor is the car was worth $20,000 initially and worth $15,000 after 1 year.

• 1.33

• 0.75

• 0.66

• 0.25

• Because the 25 was bigger than one

• Because the 0.20 was bigger than one

• Because the 25 was less than one

• Because the 0.20 was less than one

Tags

CCSS.HSF-IF.C.8B

• Linear Growth

• Linear Decay

• Exponential Growth

• Exponential Decay

Tags

CCSS.HSF-IF.C.8B