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Exponential Modeling Practice

This document contains practice problems for exponential growth and Newton's Law of Cooling. There are three problems about estimating the future value of a home appreciating at 3.75% annually since 1984 and predicting when it will exceed $1 million. There are also three problems about using Newton's Law of Cooling to find an equation for predicting body temperature after death based on initial body/room temperature and rate of cooling, and estimating time and temperature of death.

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Exponential Modeling Practice

This document contains practice problems for exponential growth and Newton's Law of Cooling. There are three problems about estimating the future value of a home appreciating at 3.75% annually since 1984 and predicting when it will exceed $1 million. There are also three problems about using Newton's Law of Cooling to find an equation for predicting body temperature after death based on initial body/room temperature and rate of cooling, and estimating time and temperature of death.

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Precalc H
Exponential Growth Practice

1) The value of a home increases continuously at an estimated annualized rate of 3.75%. If


the value of a certain home in Mount Sinai was $87,000 in the year 1984:
a. Find an equation to predict the value of this home at any year t. Indicate what
year zero means

b. Estimate the value of this home today.

c. Predict what year this home’s value may exceed one million dollars

2) Newtons Law of Cooling can be expressed as A = R + D (e)-kt, where A is the current


temperature of the item, R is the Room Temperature, D is the Initial difference in
temperatures at time zero, and k is a constant rate that depends on the item in
question. Newton’s Law of Cooling can be used to estimate time of death in a homicide
investigation.
a. Find an equation to predict temperature of a body found in the street, “t” hours
after death, if the normal body temp is 98.6 degrees, the constant rate “k” for a
human body is 0.1947, and the temperature outside is 60 degrees

b. Estimate the temperature of the body 1 hour after death.

c. Estimate the time of death if the body is discovered at 8am, and the
temperature of the body at that time is 72 degrees

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