Review 4.1-4.

7 Exponential Functions and Modeling Name:

Directions: Read the following problems carefully. Work out each question and circle the best answer. Be sure to write
your answer choices on the separate answer sheet as well.

1. Values of the terms of a geometric sequence g n are graphed in the figure above. Which of the following is an
expression for the nth term of the geometric sequence?
n n 1 n2 n2
1 1  1  1
(A) g n  8   (B) g n  16   (C) g n  8    (D) g n  8   
2 2  2  2

2. Selected values of the terms of an arithmetic sequence an are graphed in the figure above. Which of the following is
an expression for the nth term of the arithmetic sequence?
2 2 2 3
(A) an  1   n  6 (B) an  5   n  6 (C) an  5   n  6 (D) an  5   n  6
3 3 3 2

n 1 5 7 8 15
 an b 32 26 c 2

3. The table above contains selected values of an arithmetic sequence an , where b and c are constants. What is the
value of b  c ?

4. Let g n be a geometric sequence with g1  8 and g4  27 . What is the value of g 2 ?

5. Using the table below, is g linear or exponential? How do you know?

x g  x

1 3
2 6
3 12
4 24
5 48

6. The exponential function f is defined by f  x   ab , where a and b are constants. If f  2   36 and

x

f  x  1
 3 for all values of x , write the equation for f  x  :
f  x

x 1 2 3 4 5
1 1 3 9 27
h  x
12 4 4 4 4

7. The exponential function h is defined by h  x   ab , where a and b are positive constants. The table above gives
x

values of h  x  at selected values of x . Does h demonstrate exponential growth or decay?

8. The function g is an exponential function that increases at a decreasing rate for all values of x . Which of the
following pairs of limit statements could describe the end behaviors for the graph of g ?
(A) lim g  x    and lim g  x   0
x  x 

(B) lim g  x    and lim g  x   

x  x 

(C) lim g  x   0 and lim g  x   

x  x 

(D) lim g  x    and lim g  x   0

x  x 

9. Let f be an exponential function with the following end behavior.

lim f  x    and lim f  x   0

x  x 

Which of the following could be the graph of f ?

(A) (B)

(D)
(C) (D)

x 1
2
10. Let m  x   5   . Which of the following statements about m is correct?
3
Is m increasing or decreasing? Concave up or concave down?
11. Which of the following functions is an equivalent form of the function h  x   100  9 ?
x

(A) h  x   10  3
2x

(B) h  x   10  9
2x

(C) h  x   100  3
2x

(D) h  x   100  3
 x 2

12. Which of the following functions is an equivalent form of the function k  x   4  9 ?

2x

(A) k  x   36
2x

(B) k  x   4  3
x

(C) k  x   4  81
x

(D) k  x   16  81
x

13. Which of the following functions is an equivalent form of the function p  x   4 ?

2 x

(A) p  x    16 
x

(B) p  x   2
x

x
1
(C) p  x    
2
x
1
(D) p  x    
 16 

t (days) 0 1 2 3 4
D t  81 54 36 24 16

14. After returning home from spending two weeks on vacation, Mrs. Roach notices a large number of dandelions in her
yard and decides to apply weed killer. The decreasing function D gives the number of dandelions in her yard. The table
above gives values of D  t  for selected values of t , in days, since Mrs. Roach applied week killer to her yard. If a
model is constructed to represent these data, which of the following best applies to this situation?
t t
1 2 2
(A) y  81  (B) y  81  (C) y  81  27t (D) y  81  t
3 3 3
15. From 2011 – 2015, the number of electric vehicles purchased in Norway grew exponentially. The percent of all new
vehicles purchased that were electric is modeled by the function E , which increased by 96.8% each year. In 2011
 t  0  , 1.6% of all new cars purchased in Norway were electric. If t is measured in months, which of the following is
an expression for E  t  ? (Note: There are twelve months in one year.)
 t 12 12t   t 12 12t 
(A) 1.6  0.968  (B) 1.6  0.968 (C) 1.6 1.968  (D) 1.6 1.968

16. After Mrs. Roach discovers what she thought was a new radioactive element, she names one particular isotope
Matheranium-314. She notices that Matheranium-314 has a half-life of 9.7 seconds. If Mrs. Roach wants to find a
function that models the amount of Matheranium-314 left in a particular sample, which of the following model types is
best?
(A) linear (B) quadratic (C) cubic (C) exponential

What would that model look like? Write the equation.

17. The largest chess streamer on YouTube is GothamChess (Levy Rozman), who currently has over 4 million
subscribers. The number of Gotham subscribers can be modeled by the arithmetic sequence an , where an is the number

of Gotham subscribers (in millions) for month n ( n  1 represents January 2021).

If GothamChess had 1.66 million subscribers in month 9 and an1  an  0.143 for n  1 , how many subscribers (in

millions) does the arithmetic model predict GothamChess will have for month 13?

18. Dommaraju Gukesh, better known as Gukesh D, is one of the best young chess players in the world. At only 17 years
old, Gukesh D is already the 8th highest rated chess player in the world and recently surpassed the former world chess
champion Vishy Anand as the highest rated chess player in India. When he first began playing chess, Gukesh’s rating
could be modeled using a geometric sequence, where the first term represents his rating during month 1 (December 2013).
Gukesh had a rating of 1475 during month 9 (August 2014) and a rating of 1700 during month 15 (February 2015).
According to this model, what was Gukesh’s rating during month 25 (December 2015)? Round your answer to the
nearest whole number. Do not round until your final answer!
 n 2 4 5

fn 3 k 24

19. The table above presents values for a sequence f at selected values of n , where k is a constant. The data in the
table can be used to find two models for f n : an arithmetic model  an  and a geometric model  g n  .

(A) (i) The arithmetic model an for f n can be written as an  a0  dn , where d is the common difference between
successive terms. Use the data in the table to find an expression for an .

(ii) Using the arithmetic model an , find the value of the constant k in the table above.

(iii) According to the arithmetic model, for what value of n will f n  66? Show the work that leads to your
answer.

(B) (i) The geometric model g n for f n can be written as g n  ab n , where a and b are constants. Use the given
data to write two equations that can be used to find the values for constants a and b in the expression for g n .

(ii) Find the values for a and b.

(iii) Using the geometric model g n , find the value of the constant k in the table above.

(C) (i) For n  0 , the value of f n 1  f n increases as n increases. Based on this, is an or g n a better model for f n ?
Give a reason for your answer.