MARIANO MARCOS STATE UNIVERSITY

College of Engineering
MATH 40: DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
PLATE NO. MATH 40 – 09
EXPONENTIAL GROWTH AND DECAY

ACTIVITY NO.: PLATE NO. MATH 40 – 09

ACTIVITY TITLE: EXPONENTIAL GROWTH AND DECAY
DATE POSTED: APRIL 17, 2023, 5:00 PM.
DEADLINE OF SUBMISSION: APRIL 24, 2023, 12:00 NN

I. Solve the following application problems of exponential growth and decay.

1. If 6% of a radioactive substance decomposes in 50 years, what percentage will be present at

the end of 400 years? 800 years? What is the half – life of the substance?
2. Radium decomposes at a rate proportional to the quantity of the radium present. Suppose
that it is found that in 25 years approximately 1.1% of a certain quantity of radium has
decomposed. Determine approximately how long it takes for one – half the original amount
of radium to decompose.
3. If the half – life of a radioactive substance is 1800 years, what percentage is present at the
end of 200 years? In how many years does only 10% of the substance remain?
4. If a population of a town in Luzon doubled in the past 25 years and the present population
is 300,000, when will the town have a population of 800,000?
5. If the population in China in 1990 were 1 billion and 2005 were 2 billion and if China can
only support a maximum population of 5 billion, in what year will the limit be reached? In
what year will the limit be reached if the maximum population that China can support is 7
billion?

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