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6.01 Exponential Growth and Decay (55

Points)
Rabbits reproduce quickly. If an area starts with a rabbit population of 5 and the
population doubles every month, what will be the population after 6 months and how long
will it take for the population of rabbits to exceed 500 total rabbits?

months 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
number 5 10 20 40 80 160 640 1280 2560
of 320
rabbits

2. Finish the statement: After 6 months, the population of rabbits is 320.

3. Create an equation to represent the population of rabbits: y = 5 (2),
4. How long will it take for the population of rabbits to exceed 500 total rabbits? 6.5 months
A social network (eMathGeeks) gets 200 new users in its first month of use, January. If the
number of new users triples each month, how many new users will join in May? How many
months will it take for it to have 1 million members?
5. Fill in the table of values to determine the answer.
Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sept Oct
months 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

number 200 600 1800 5400 1620 4860 14580 43740 13122 39366
of new 0 0 0 0 00 00
users

6. Finish the statement: The number of new users in May is 16200.

7. Create an equation to represent the number of months that it will take to have 1 million
members: y = 200 ( 3),

8. How many months will it take for eMathGeeks to have 1 million members? 7 to 8 months

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Sales of a new tablet grow by 10% every month. Sales for this month are at 5 thousand.
Write an equation to represent this situation and then approximate the sales 6 months
from now.
9. This problem will use the equation A(t) = a(1 + r)t. Identify a, r, and t.
a = 5000 r = 0.10 t=6

10. Find the sales 6 months from now. Show your work.
5000(1+0.10)^6
5000(1.77) = 8857.8

While sales of tablets increase, sales of game systems are falling. If the sales of games
systems are at 5 million in 2012 and fall by 25% each year, how many game systems will be
sold in 2015?
11. This problem will use the equation A(t) = a(1 - r)t. Identify a, r, and t.
a = 5000000 r = 0.25 t= 3

12. Find the number of units sold in 2015. Show your work

5000000(1-0.25)^3
5000000(.4218)
= 2109375

A population of 10,000 mice is infected by a virus. Initially, 20 mice are infected. If the
number of infected mice doubles each day, how long will it take for half of the mice to be
infected?
13. Make a t-chart
Day Number of mice
infected
1 20
2 40
3 80
4 160
5 320
6 640
7 1280
8 2560

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 Day Number of mice
infected
9 5120
10 10240

14. Plot the points from the graph (you can use the Shapes tool to make points).

15. How long will it take for more than half of the mice to be infected? 9 days

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