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Bacteria Gone Wild
Power of Powers
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Log Life
200

An account starts with $2000 and grows 4% annually. 

Write an exponential function for the value after t years. 

What is  y = 2000(1+0.04)^t 

200

A bacteria culture starts with 120 cells and doubles every hour. 

Write a function modeling the population after t hours. 

What is  y=120(2)^t ?

200

Rewrite the expression in simplest exponential form: 

 3(7)^(2x+2) 

What is  147(49)^x ?

200

Compare the functions: 

 f(x)=2^x 

 g(x)=x^2 

Which grows faster as x becomes large?

What is f(x)?

200

Rewrite the exponential equation in logarithmic form:

 2^x=16 

What is  log_2(16)=x ?

400

An investment follows the model :

A(t)=1500(1.025)^(12t)

What annual percent growth rate does this represent?

What is 30%?

400

A bacteria population is modeled by 

 P(t) = 500(1.3)^(3t) 

What does the 3 in the exponent represent in context?

What is the number of times the bacteria grows per t unit of time. 
400

Rewrite the exponential expression: 

 (2^3)^(x+2) 

so that the x is the only term in the exponent

What is  64(8)^x ?

400

Compare 

 f(x)=0.2(5)^x 

 g(x)=3x+2 

Which functions eventually grows faster?

What is f(x)

400

Solve for x: 

 2^x=7 

Round to the nearest hundredth.

What is x = 2.81?

600

An account has $4000 and earns 2.4% interest compounded monthly. 

Write the model and determine the balance after 10 years. 

What is $5083.78?

600

A bacteria culture triples every 5 hours and begins with 80 bacteria. 

Write the exponential model and determine the population after 15 hours.

What is  y=80(3)^(t/5) ?

600

Simplify completely:

 5(3^(2x))(3^(x+1)) 

What is  15(27)^x ?

600

Determine where the functions intersect:

 2^x=16 

What is x=4?

600

Find the inverse of 

 f(x)=6^x 

in terms of common log. 

What is 

 f^-1(x)=(log(x))/log(6) ?

800

A bank account has $3500 and earns 3.2% interest compounded annually. 

How much money will be in the account after 8 years?

What is $4503.04?

800

A bacteria culture starts with 200 cells and grows by 18% each hour. 

How many bacteria are present after 6 hours?

What is 539 cells?

800

Rewrite the expression so it has base 4:

 (64)^(x-1) 

What is  (4)^(3x-3) ?

800

For which values of x is

 4^x>2^(2x) 

What is no values of x?

800

Evaluate:

 log_2(32) 

What is 5?

1000

 Two investments are offered: 

Investment A:  A(t)=5000(1.04)^t 

Investment B: B(t) = 5000(1.02)^(2t 

Which investment grows faster in the long run?

Investment B
1000

Two bacteria cultures grow according to 

 P(t)=200(1.5)^t 

 Q(t)=500(1.2)^t 

Which population is larger after 10 hours?

What is the first bacteria culture?

1000

Rewrite the expression as a single exponential expression:

 4^(2x+3)*2^(x-1) 

What is  2^(5x+5) ?

1000

Determine when

3^x=50

What is x = 3.56?

1000

Solve the equation:

 3(10)^(3x)=19 

Round x to the nearest thousandth. 

What is x=0.267?

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