Graphs
Growth or Decay
Percents and Decimals
Percent Rate
Word Problems
100

Does the graph show exponential growth or decay?


Exponential Growth

100

How do I know if the exponential relationship below is growth or decay?

 y = 3(0.56)x

Decay has a b value or decay factor less than 1.

decay factor = (1 - rate as a decimal)

1 - 0.56 = 0.44

Subtract 0.44 from 1 to get 0.56

100

What is 55% as a decimal?


0.55

100

Is this exponential growth or decay?

What is the rate of growth/decay as a percent or a decimal?

y=5(0.2)^x

Exponential Decay - the factor is less than 1.

Decay rate = 80% or 0.8

How did you get the factor of 0.2?

1 - 0.8 = 0.2

100

y=2300(0.995)^t

The exponential function above models the enrollment in a high school, where t is the number of years after 2019. How many students will be enrolled in 2025?

2,232 students

200

The graph represents the fish population after t years. 

What was the fish population when it was first measured?

1,000 fish

(the y-intercept value, when x = 0))

200

Do the following equations represent exponential growth, decay, or neither?

y=5x+6

Neither (It's linear! y=mx+b)

200

What is 0.01 as a percent?

1%

decimal *100=%


200

Is this exponential growth or decay?

What is the percent growth/decay rate?

y=5(1.3)^x

Exponential Growth

30%

200

The cost of in-state tuition at UWSP in 2020 was $8,404 per year. If the cost is increasing at a rate of 2% per year, what will the cost of tuition be in 2024?

Round to the nearest dollar.

$9,097 per year

y=8404(1+0.02)^4

300

Does the graph show exponential growth or decay?

What is the growth/decay factor?

Exponential Decay

Decay factor = 0.25

4 -: 16 = 0.25

300

y=2(1.13)x

Does this function represent exponential growth or decay? What is the growth/decay factor?

Exponential Growth

Factor: 1.13

300

What is the rate of growth as a percent and a decimal in the equation:

y=40(1+0.2)^t

20% and 0.2

Exponential Growth Function:

y=a(1-r)^t

300

Is this exponential growth or decay?

What is the percent growth/decay rate?

y=1(0.01)^x

Exponential Decay

99%

300

The population of Madison, WI was 215,000 in 2000 and grew by 1.1% each year until 2024. What was the population in 2024?

Round to the nearest person.

266,552 people

y=215,000(1+0.011)^24

400

The value of the boat is decreasing by 10% each year since it was purchased.  What was the purchase price?


$8,000

400

y=5(0.97)x

Does this function represent exponential growth or decay? What is the growth/decay RATE?

Exponential Decay

Rate: 0.03 or 3%

400

Does the graph represent exponential growth or decay?  What is the initial value?

Exponential Growth

Initial value = 2 

(the y-intercept or when x = 0)

400

Is this exponential growth or decay?

What is the percent growth/decay rate?

y=1/2(0.7)^x

Exponential Decay

30%

400

Is the function exponential growth or decay?

What is the factor of growth/decay?

Exponential Decay

Decay factor: 0.9 

500

6 more weeks of Winter.

What is Groundhog's Day?

500

Mrs. Linear purchased a car for 26,400 and every year it depreciates in value by 12%. What can she expect the value of her car to be after 3.5 years?  


y=26400(0.88)3.5=$16,876.92

500

The rate of growth is 0.175, what is the rate of growth as a percent?  What is the growth factor?

rate of growth as a percent:  17.5%

growth factor:  1.175

500

Is this exponential growth or decay?

What is the percent growth/decay rate?

y=1/2(1.07)^x

Exponential GROWTH

7%

500

If you put $500.00 into an account and the account earns a 3% yearly interest rate. How much will be in the account after 5 years?

Round the nearest cent!

$579.64

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