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Complete Study Guide Questions

Exponential Growth and Decay

1. Insect Population Growth (Exponential Growth)


Problem: Initial population of 3000 insects doubles every 45 days. Calculate the population
after 150 days.

2. Bacterial Colony Growth


Problem: Bacteria doubles every 7 hours. How many cells after 48 hours?

3. Doubling Time Factor


Problem: Population with a doubling time of 6 years. Factor after 50 years?

4. Population Growth at 8% per Month


a) Determine the population after 10 months with an initial population of 150.
b) How long does it take for the population to double?

Doubling and Half-Life Calculations

5. Population Growth at 0.35% per Minute


a) Use the exact doubling-time formula to determine the doubling time in minutes.
b) Determine the population after 2 hours if the initial population was 100.

6. Radioactive Substance Half-Life


Problem: 500 mg of a substance with a half-life of 4000 years. What remains after 100
years?

Other Applications of Exponential and Linear Models

7. Bacteria Death Rate


a) Use the exact half-life formula to determine the half-life.
b) Determine the number of living cells after 5 days if the initial population was 1 million
cells.

8. Car Depreciation (Linear)


Problem: A car's value decreases by $3500 per year. Write a linear function to represent
this relationship and calculate the value after a certain number of years.

Logarithmic Scales and Magnitudes

9. Loudness of Sound in Decibels


Problem: A sound is 15 million times as loud as a reference sound. What is the loudness in
decibels?

10. Earthquake Magnitude (Energy Released)


Problem: Calculate the energy released by a magnitude 8 earthquake.

Graphing and Linear Functions

11. Tuition Cost Formula


Problem: Write a formula for tuition cost based on the number of credits and graph the
function.

12. Cost of Microchips (Exponential Decay)


Problem: A microchip depreciates 5% per month. What is the cost after one year?

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