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Exploration 13 - Due 10/19

Last year, Jeff bought a new Toyota Tacoma for $31,872. It is now worth $26,300. If the value
is decreasing linearly, what will his car be worth in four years? What if it decreases
exponentially?
1 year $26,300
2 years $20,728
3 years $15,156
4 years $9,584

Dans bike tire has a slow leak and the pressure decreases exponentially. When he rides his
bike to school at 7:30 am, its pumped up to a full 60 psi. At noon, it has dropped to 38 psi. Dan
cannot ride with less than 20 psi in the tire. Can he get home at 4:00 pm?
19.552 by 4 oclock

Write a general formula for an initial quantity decaying by a given factor over a particular time
period. Use variables to represent relevant quantities and define what they each mean. How
does this question differ from your previous general formula for exponential growth?
y(x)=p(x/p) kt
p= starting amount
x= amount after 1 cycle
k= time interval
t= time

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A blueprint of a building gives a scale of 1 inch = 8 feet. If the blueprint shows the building sitting
on a rectangle with dimensions 16 inches by 25 inches, what is the actual area of the rectangle
on which the building sits? Express your answer in square feet.
400 x 8 = 3,200ft

Does the graph of f (x)=5 1. 8 x have a slope? If yes, what is it. If no, why not?
yes, although the line it makes creates almost straight line.
The slope is 1, 51.8. Which is very little to no slope at all. Although there is a slope.