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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Exponential models (alg 2)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

A population of 1 236 000 grows 1.3% per year for 10 years

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Write an exponential function to model each situation.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@experimentX @phi

OpenStudy (phi):

did you learn any formulas?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ab^x

OpenStudy (phi):

first, change 1.3% to 0.013 (do you know how?) growing 1.3% per year means b is 1+ 0.013 or 1.013 a in your equation is the starting population. x should be relabeled t to stand for time. replace t with 10 to get the final equation

OpenStudy (anonymous):

1236000(1.013)^10

OpenStudy (phi):

yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thank you! i have one more problem with decreasing

OpenStudy (anonymous):

A population of 752,000 decreases 1.4% per year for 18 years

OpenStudy (phi):

same idea, except b is 1 - 0.014

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so it's 0.986?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@phi

OpenStudy (phi):

that is b in your a b^x formula now fill in the rest of it.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

okay got it thank you:)

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