Exponential Growth and Decay Word Problems

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What is the formula for exponential decay?

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The original amount is 55.

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If Marburn has 80 total students and grows at a rate of 2% every year, how many students will be in 5 years?

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The number of students will be approximately 88.3.

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't' stands for time.

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The original amount is 1200.

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What is the formula for exponential growth?

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In the context of exponential functions, what does 'r' represent?

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'r' represents the rate of growth or decay.

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How do you calculate the final amount after exponential growth?

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What is the difference between exponential growth and exponential decay?

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Exponential growth increases over time, while exponential decay decreases over time.

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If a population of 1000 grows at a rate of 5% per year, what will be the population after 3 years?

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The population will be approximately 1157.63.