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Exponential Growth User Calculations

Exponential Growth User Calculations

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics, Science

7th - 10th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

Created by

Amelia Wright

FREE Resource

The video tutorial explains how to calculate the growth of a social media site's user base, which increases by 47% each month. Starting with 50,000 users, the tutorial guides viewers through setting up a calculation table, analyzing user growth month by month, and deriving the correct mathematical expression to represent the total number of new users added over a year. The tutorial emphasizes understanding the pattern of growth and selecting the correct expression from given options.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the initial number of users on January 1st of last year?

10,000

25,000

50,000

100,000

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

By what percentage did the user base increase each month?

25%

47%

75%

50%

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do you calculate the number of users at the end of the first month?

Add 47%

Subtract 47%

Multiply by 1.47

Divide by 1.47

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the expression for the number of users at the end of the second month?

50 * 1.47^4

50 * 1.47^3

50 * 1.47^2

50 * 1.47

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the third month, what power of 1.47 is used to calculate the users?

4

1

2

3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the general formula for the number of users at the start of the nth month?

50 * 1.47^n

50 * 1.47^(n-1)

50 * 1.47^(n+1)

50 * 1.47^(n-2)

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do you calculate the new users added in the nth month?

Subtract 0.47

Add 0.47

Multiply by 0.47

Divide by 0.47

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