Exponential Growth and Decay Practice

A population of 1500 deer decreases by 1.5% per year. What will be the deer population after 11 years? Round to the nearest deer.

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1C

An antibiotic is introduced into a colony of 15,000 bacteria during a laboratory experiment. The colony begins to decrease at 13.7% every minute. How many bacteria will remain after 15 minutes? Round to the nearest bacteria.

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1C

A population of fish starts at 12,500 and increases by 6% per year. However, after 3 years, predators move into the area and the fish population decreases by 4.5% per year. What is the fish population after another 3 years? Round decimals to the nearest fish.

Aaron invests $10,000 in a savings account earning 4.5% annual interest compounded quarterly. What is the value of his investment after 5 years? Round to the nearest cent. 

Use the formula

 $A\left(t\right)\ =\ P\left(1+\frac{r}{n}\right)^{nt}$  

A $149,585 Corvette averages a 6.6% depreciation rate per year. What will be the resale value of the sports car in 7 years? Round to the nearest cent.

A cup of green tea contains 35 milligrams of caffeine. The average teen can eliminate approximately 12.5% of the caffeine from their system per hour. How much caffeine will remain after 3 hours? Round to two decimal places.

The attendance for a basketball team declined at a rate of 5% per game throughout a losing season. There were 23,500 people at the first game. How many people will there be by game 15? Round to the nearest person.

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

The population of North Dakota started out at 700,000 people in 2013. The population increases by 6% every year. How large will the population be in 2021? Round to the nearest person.

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1C

A new millionaire puts $1,575,000 in a bank account that is compounded quarterly at 12%. How much money will be in the account after 10 years? Round to the nearest cent.

Holly bought an antique vanity mirror for $1800. She finds out that it is a very rare piece and its value increases by 8% every year. What will the value of the mirror be in 9 years? Round to the nearest cent.

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2