Exponential Growth and Decay

What type of function does this table represent?

• Linear

• Exponential

• Neither

The number of mosquitoes at the beginning of the summer was 4,000. The population of mosquitoes is expected to grow at a rate of 25% a month. How many mosquitoes will there be after 4 months?

• 9766

• 9006

• 9765

• 5433

A colony of termites is growing continuously at a rate of 6.2% monthly. If the colony starts with 500, how many would there be in one year?

• 02 E 35 (huge amount)

• 1052

• 246375

• 532

What is the equation for the table?

• y = 1(2)^x

• y = 2(1)^x

• y = 2(3)^x

• y = 3(2)^x

What is the equation for the table?

• y = 4(2)^x

• y = 2(4)^x

• y = 2(8)^x

• y = -2(4)^x

The equation for this exponential function is

• y = 1(2^x)

• y = 1(4^x)

• y = 3x

• y = 1(3^x)

The equation for this table is 

• y = 100(2^x)

• y = 2^x

• y = 2x + 100

• y = 100^x

The equation for this table is

• y = 3x + 50

• y = 50^x

• y = 3^x

• y = 50(3^x)

The equation for this table is 

• y = 25(4^x)

• y = 4(25^x)

• y = 4x

• y = 4^x

The growth factor for this graph is 

• 1

• 3

• 2

• 4