Initial Value
Find the Equation
Growth/Decay Rate
Predictions
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100
in the equation y=3(1.850)^x, what is the initial value?
3
100
sally sells seashells by the seashore. people are always so impressed by her findings that they tell their friends, and each person tells two people. Find the equation.
y=2^x
100
Y=4(0.45)^x what is the decay rate?
55%
100
Y=3^x, predict the y-value when x= 5  
243
100
Why were the intolerable acts placed upon the American colonies?
What is the response to the Boston Tea party
200
in the first year of the sale of the new Santa Clause action figures, they were selling about 15 figures a year. every year the sales doubled. What is the Initial value?
15
200
x  /  0     /  1   /   2  /   3 /      4     /  5

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y  /   3   / 15   /75  /375 /. 1875   /9375

what is the equation of this table?

y=3(5)^x
200
the church of scientology is trying to recruit people to their religion. each person is supposed to recruit six people, and those people must recruit the same amount. What is the growth rate of this situation?
500%
200
A woman throws her own surprise party, she invites 5 people and each person invites five people. Each person tells five people every 3 hours. How many people will be invited in nine hours?
There would be 125 people.
200
How many countries are in the world
What is 195
300
During the Civil War there was a piece of bread that had mold, and Bobby consumed it because he was starving. After a minute, he got the stomach flu and caught an unknown virus that made him slowly distengrate 2 pounds every hour. What is the initial value?
1
300
x.   0    /   1         /      2       /     3        /        4     

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y.   71   /  8.52   / 1.0224 /   .12269.   /.01472

Find the equation from this table.


The equation is y=71(.12)^x.
300
explain how to find the growth rate of this equation:

y=5(1.034)^x

To find A when given the growth rate, you convert the percentage to a decimal and then add 1. so to do it the other way around, you subtract 1 to get 0.034. then you convert to a percentage to get a 3.4% growth rate.
300
A father gives his son 15 pigs for his birthday. Each pig gives birth to 15 piglets. In six months the new generation of pigs give birth to 15 pigs. If the cycle continues, how many pigs will the son have in 2 years?
There would be 50,625 pigs in the family.
300
Who was the President in 1914?
President Woodrow Wilson.
400
x.  0    /  1          /    3         /       4      /    5

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y.  454  / 2506.1  /13834 /  76361   /2.33E6 

The equation is, y=454(5.52)^x.
400
Clarissa started watching The Office. she got a certain number of people to watch and those people got the same number of people and the function continued to grow exponentially. the people tell their friends about the show every hour. In 5 hours 32 people have began to watch the office. what is the growth rate?
100%
400
An apple tree starts out with five branches, each of those branches grow five more. This happens every year. How many branches will the tree have in 10 years?
9,765,625 branches 
400
What was the date of the last day on Earth when the Mayan calendar ended?
What is December 21, 2012
500
x.  0      /1        /    2     /     3    /      4

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y. 8.24 / 7.2463 / 6.3724 /  5.6039   /  4.928

The equation is, 8.24(.8794)^x
500
Two girls make headbands for Coachella to make some extra cash. after they sell 20 headbands, their price decreases by a certain amount. the headbands start at $15, and by the time they sold 100 headbands, the cost was about $7.48. what is the best estimate for the decay rate?
13%
500
The Black Plague strikes again. Every week it kills 5% of a population. How long will it take to kill half of Djibouti’s population? The population is 942,333 people
13-14 weeks
500

What was used instead of fur trees as Christmas trees a long time ago?

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