Dead Cell Phone

In the morning Austin discovers he forgot to re-charge his cell phone and the phone will
not turn on. He quickly finds his charger cord and plugs in his phone to re-charge. He
waits two minutes, turns on his phone and finds that the battery has a 1% charge. He
continues to check his phone from time to time and keeps track of the charge using the
following chart.
Minutes Charging Percent of the Charge of
the Cell Phone the Phone
2 1
5 8
6 16
7 32

1. Is the phone charging at a linear or exponential rate?_________________________

Explain how you know.

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100  

80  

60  

40  

20  

0  
-­‐10   -­‐5   0   5   10   15   20  

-­‐20  
2. On the coordinate plane above, sketch a graph of the data in the table.

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3. At 6 minutes and 30 seconds, will the charge of the phone be exactly 24%, or if not
exactly 24% will it be between 16% and 24%, or will it be between 24% and 32%?

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Explain how you know.

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4. Write a function to represent the charge of the phone given the minutes the phone
has been charged.

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5. At what time will Austin’s cell phone be charged 100%? (Give answer to nearest 5
seconds).

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Show how you figured it out.

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