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    This document provides examples and explanations of exponential functions and their applications. Exponential functions model growth and decay using the formula A(t) = A0(b)t, where A0 is the initial amount, b is the growth or decay rate, and t is time. Examples include bacterial population growth, money accumulating in a savings account, drug elimination from the body, and world population growth.

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    This document provides examples and explanations of exponential functions and their applications. Exponential functions model growth and decay using the formula A(t) = A0(b)t, where A0 is the initial amount, b is the growth or decay rate, and t is time. Examples include bacterial population growth, money accumulating in a savings account, drug elimination from the body, and world population growth.

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    Exponential Form and Function Name: ______________________

    F(x) = a ∙ bx or A(t) = A0 (b)t A(t) = A0 (1 ± r)t


    Exponential growth/decay simple interest
    a or A0 – initial amount r = growth/decay rate

    1. Explain why the following expressions are equivalent: 2( ½ )6 ( ½ )5 ½ ( 2 )-4 2( ¼ )3


    Showing is as good as telling – use your understanding of exponent rules to help you!

    2. Rewrite the following exponential equations to show the rate of growth or decay. Also state
    whether each is an example of growth or decay and how you know:
    a. A(t) = 500(1.035)t

    b. V(t) = 15,000(0.87)t

    c. M(t) = 5000(1.5)t

    d. V(t) = 3 x 108(0.75)t

    3. A biology student is studying bacterial growth. She was surprised to Hours into Population (in
    find that the population of the bacteria doubled every hour. study thousands)
    a. Complete the following table and plot the data 0 4
    b. Write an equation for P, the population of the bacteria, as a
    function of time, t, and verify that it produces correct 1
    populations for t = 1, 2, 3 and 4. 2
    3
    4
    4. Peyton has a savings account at First National Bank. The amount of money in the account
    grows exponentially. The table below shows the amount of money in her account each year.
    a. What is the y-intercept?
    t M(t)

    b. What does the y-intercept represent in the context of this 0 $1200.00


    problem? 1 $1254.00
    2 $1310.40
    3 $1369.40
    c. Find the interest rate Peyton is earning on her money.
    4 $1431.00
    5 $1495.40

    d. Write an expression for Peyton’s money, M, as a function of the number of years, t, the
    money is in the bank.

    5. The population of a certain animal being researched by Year Population


    environmentalists has been decreasing substantially. Biologists
    2010 40,000
    tracking the species have determined the following data set to
    represent the remaining animals: 2011 30,000
    2012 22,500
    Assuming the population continues at the same rate, what function
    would represent the population f(x) in year x, assuming x is the 2013 16,875
    number of years after the year 2000? 2014 12,656

    6. If an adult takes 600 mg of ibuprofen, the amount remaining in their system can be modeled by
    the equation I(t) = 600 (0.72)t where t represents the number of hours since taking the
    medicine.
    a. What is the y-intercept of the graph and what does it represent?

    b. At what rate is the body eliminating the drug?

    c. Over what interval of time will there be at least 100 gm of ibuprofen in the person’s
    body?
    7. The graph of an exponential function f(x) and the equation of another exponential function g(x)
    are shown below. Which has a higher y-intercept? Explain how you know.
    f(x): g(x) = 2x - 7

    8. Below is a piecewise function, g(x). Knowing what you do about piecewise functions and the
    particular functions involved in this particular piecewise function,
    −3 𝑥 < −6
    G(x) = {(𝑥 + 1)2 −6 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2
    2𝑥 𝑥>2
    a. determine the domain of g(x), and

    b. determine the range of g(x).

    9. If the world population at the beginning of 2008 was 6.7 billion and growing at a rate of 1.16%
    each year.
    a. Write an expression for the population as a function of year. Let year 1 be 2008.

    b. What will be the population in 10 years?

    c. In what year will the population have doubled?

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