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5.03 Exponential growth and decay

Adaptive
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Interactive practice questions

Consider the function $y=0.68\left(1.6\right)^x$y=0.68(1.6)x.

a

Identify what type of function this is:

Exponential growth

A

Exponential decay

B
b

What is the rate of growth?

Easy
1min

Consider the function $y=0.98\left(0.2\right)^x$y=0.98(0.2)x.

Easy
< 1min

Ryan has been earning a decent income from playing online poker. He started out with $\$200$$200 and has been able to triple his money every year.

Medium
1min

A ball dropped from a height of $24$24 meters will bounce back off the ground to $60%$60% of the height of the previous bounce (or the height from which it is dropped when considering the first bounce).

Medium
2min
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Outcomes

A1.N.Q.A.1

Use units as a way to understand real-world problems.*

A1.N.Q.A.1.A

Choose and interpret the scale and the origin in graphs and data displays.*

A1.N.Q.A.1.C

Define and justify appropriate quantities within a context for the purpose of modeling.*

A1.A.SSE.A.1.B

Interpret complicated expressions by viewing one or more of their parts as a single entity.

A1.A.CED.A.2

Create equations in two variables to represent relationships between quantities and use them to solve problems in a real-world context. Graph equations with two variables on coordinate axes with labels and scales, and use the graphs to make predictions.*

A1.F.IF.C.9

Compare properties of functions represented algebraically, graphically, numerically in tables, or by verbal descriptions.*

A1.F.BF.A.1

Build a function that describes a relationship between two quantities.*

A1.F.BF.A.1.A

Determine steps for calculation, a recursive process, or an explicit expression from a context.

A1.F.LE.A.1.C

Recognize situations in which a quantity grows or decays by a constant factor per unit interval relative to another.

A1.F.LE.A.2

Construct linear and exponential functions, including arithmetic and geometric sequences, given a graph, a table, a description of a relationship, or input-output pairs.*

A1.F.LE.B.3

Interpret the parameters in a linear or exponential function in terms of a context.*

A1.MP1

Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

A1.MP2

Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

A1.MP3

Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.

A1.MP4

Model with mathematics.

A1.MP5

Use appropriate tools strategically.

A1.MP6

Attend to precision.

A1.MP8

Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

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