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I. This document is a student's work on a logarithmic activity involving population growth and depreciation modeling. II. The student finds models for population growth in Reno using an exponential function, and models depreciation of an SUV using both linear and exponential functions. III. By comparing the two depreciation models, the student determines that the value of the SUV will decrease faster when modeled linearly versus exponentially.

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I. This document is a student's work on a logarithmic activity involving population growth and depreciation modeling. II. The student finds models for population growth in Reno using an exponential function, and models depreciation of an SUV using both linear and exponential functions. III. By comparing the two depreciation models, the student determines that the value of the SUV will decrease faster when modeled linearly versus exponentially.

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Pekelney 1

SamPekelney
Mr.Dioso
Trigonometry/PreCalculusHonors,Period5
9February2016

LogarithmicActivity
PopulationGrowthDepreciation

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1(a).Findthevalueofk.Isthepopulationincreasingor

I.

decreasing?Explain.

Equation: P=346.8 e kt

II.

BecausetheAvaluehasbeendividedby1,000,I
dividedthepopulationofRenoin2005by1,000.

III.

Ipluggedinthevaluesandtookthenaturallogof
bothsideoftheequationbecausethefunctionuses
thenaturalbasee.

IV.

Iusedthe3rdlogrule,whichbroughttheexponent
downtothefront.Oncethatwasdone,thenatural
baseeandthenaturallogcanceleachotherout.

V.

FinallyIcompletedandsolvedtheequationtofind
thevalueofkas0.026.

395=346.8 e k (5 )
ln 395=ln 346.8 ek (5 )

TofindtheValueofk,wefistneedtousethe
equationthatmodelsthepopulationgrowthofReno.

ln 395=k (5 ) ln346.8 e
ln 395=k (5 ) ln 346.8 e
ln 395=k (5 ) 346.8
ln

k (5)
395
=
346.8 346.9

0.1301 k (5)
=
5
5
k =0.026

Thefunctionisafunctionofgrowth.Sincethekvalueis
positive,thepopulationofRenowillcontinuetogrow.

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1(b).UsethemodeltofindthepopulationsofRenoin2010

I.

Tofindthepopulationinlateryears,Icalculatedthe
yearstothefutureyearwasfromtheyear2000,and
pluggedthenumberintotheoriginalpopulation
growthmodel.

II.

Themodelrevealedthatthepopulationin2010will
be450,000andin2015thepopulationwillbe
512,000.Becausethepopulationisinthousands,I
multiplytheanswerIgetby1,000.

and2015.AretheResultsreasonable?

Equation: P=346.8 e kt
( 0.026 ) 10
P=346.8 e
P=450 x 1000
Population of Reno2010 was 450,000

Yes.Theresultsarereasonablebecausethepopulation
inRenoincreasedatagradualrate.

( 0.026 ) 10
P=346.8 e

P=512 x 1000
Population of Reno2015 was 512,000
.

Series 1

Serries 3

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1(c).Accordingtothemodel,duringwhatyearwill

I.

populationreach500,000?

Equation: P=346.8 e kt

II.

FirstIstartedwiththeoriginalmodelanddivided
500,000by1,000tomatchtheunitsintheoriginal
model.

Isubstitutedthetimewiththevariablet.

500=346.8 e (0.026 )t
( 0.026 ) t

ln 500=ln 346.8 e

III.

NextItookthenaturallogofbothsides,whichcancels
outthenaturalbasee.Iusedthethirdlogruletobring
theexponenttothefront.

IV.

FinallyIsolvedfortime.Thepopulationwillreach
500,000in2014.

ln 500=t (0.026) ln 346.8 e


ln 500=t (0.026) ln 346.8 e

ln 500=t (0.026) 346.8


ln

500 t (0.026) 346.8


=
346.8
346.8

0.355859854 t (0.026)
=
0.026
0.026
t=14 years .The population will
reach500,0002014

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2(a).FindtheLinearmodel V =mt + b .
Equation: V =mt + b

I.

Tofindthelinearmodel,Ifirststaredwithslope
interceptformandpluggedinmyvalues.

II.

Isubtracted23,300anddividedbothsidesby2tofind
thevalueofmwhichis5,400.

I.

FirstIstartedwiththeexponentialmodelandplugged
intheknownvalues.

12,500=m ( 2 ) +23,300
10800 m(2)
=
2
2
m=5 , 400

2(b).Findtheexponentialmodel V =a ekt .
Equation: V =a ekt
12,500=23,300 e k (2)
ln 12,500=ln 23,300e k (2 )

II.

NextItookthenaturallogofbothsideswhich
canceledoutthenaturalbasee.

ln 12,500=k (2) ln 23,300 e

III.
ln 12,500=k (2) ln23,300 e
ln

12,500 k (2) 23,300


=
23,300
23,300
0.62 k (2)
=
2
2

Finally,Isolvedtheremainingequationtokindk,
whichis0.31.

Thisisadepreciationfunctionbecausethevalueofkisa
negativenumber.

k =0.31

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Graphof f ( x )=346.8 e (0.026) x
Population(yvalues)inthousands

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Graphof f ( x )=5,400 ( t ) +23,300


Price(yaxis)unitsareinthousands
Thetime(xaxis)unitsareinhundreds

Tofindprice,multiplytheyvalueonthegraphby1,000
Tofindthetime,dividethexvalueby10
Thevalueofthesportutilityvehiclebecome0after4.315years

Graphof f ( x )=23,300 e (0.31) x


Theprice(yaxis),unitsareinthousands

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Tofindprice,multiplytheyvalueonthegraphby1,000

Comparisonbetweenthelinearmodel f ( x )=5,400 ( t ) +23,300


andtheexponentialmodel f ( x )=23,300 e (0.31) x
Time(xaxis)valueunitsareinones
Price(yaxis)valueunitsareinthousands

2(c).Accordingtobothmodels,thevalueofthesportutilityvehiclewilllosevalue
fasterifisdepreciateslinearly.

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2(d).Findthebookvaluesofthesportutilityvehicleafter1

I.

FirstIchosethemodeltopluginthevalueoft.

yearand3yearsusingeachmodel.

II.

Equations: V =mt + b

NextIsubstitutedthevalues 1and3fortimeand
recordedmyresults.

Equation: V =a ekt
1Year
V =5,400 ( 1 )+ 23,300
Vafter 1 year =17,900
V =23,300 e (0.31 )1
V after 1 year =17,089.31

3years
V =5,400 ( 3 ) +23,300

1year

3Years

Vafter 3 years=7,100
V =23,300 e (0.31 )3
V after 3 year s=9,193.10

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2(e).Exponentialmodelshaveseveralkeycomponentsthathelpdescribethereasoning
behindcommonpatternofchange,whilelinearmodelsfindpatternsofchangeata
constantadditiverate.Exponentialmodelsmatchpatternsofchangeataconstant
multiplicativerate.Exponentialmodelsofgrowthanddecayareusefulwhenmeasuring
anquantityovertimethatoccursatapacethatisproportionaltothesizeofthequantity.
Forexampleifyouput$1,000and$5,000inatbankat4%interest,theaccountswill
increaseby$40and$200eachyear.Exponentialmodelsaregenerallymoreaccurate
whenmeasuringoveraperiodoftime.Linearmodelsaremoreaccuratewhenthereisa
steadypatternofincrease.

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