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Exponential Word Problems U5

This document provides 8 word problems involving exponential growth and decay. The problems cover topics like depreciation of cars and home values, growth of Starbucks locations, decline in value of electronics, growth of bacterial colonies, and elimination of caffeine from the body. Learners are asked to set up and solve equations to find unknown values like future or past population sizes, appreciation or depreciation amounts, and time it takes for quantities to reach a certain level.

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Exponential Word Problems U5

This document provides 8 word problems involving exponential growth and decay. The problems cover topics like depreciation of cars and home values, growth of Starbucks locations, decline in value of electronics, growth of bacterial colonies, and elimination of caffeine from the body. Learners are asked to set up and solve equations to find unknown values like future or past population sizes, appreciation or depreciation amounts, and time it takes for quantities to reach a certain level.

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Algebra 2 Unit 5 Name: ________________________________________________________

EXPONENTIAL GROWTH AND DECAY – Word Problems


a = starting or initial value ADD = Growth
amount
r = percent of change SUBTRACT= Decay

Exponential Growth and Decay Word Problems:


Evaluate all answers exactly and then round when necessary.

1. The price of a car that was bought for $10,000 and has depreciated 10% yearly. Find
the price of the car 8 years later.

PRICE: _10,000(0.90)8 = $4304.67__________


2. The equation for the price of a baseball card that was bought for 5 dollars and has
appreciated 5% yearly. Find the value of the card 25 years later.

VALUE: __5(1.05)25 = _$16.93______________


3. A town of 3200, grows at a rate of 25% every year. Find the size of the city in 10 years.

Population: ___ y = 3200(1+0.25)10 = 29,802.32_

4. A city of 100,000 is having pollution problems and is decreasing in size 2% annually


(every year). Find the population of this city in 100 years.

Population: __ y = 100,000(1-0.02)100 = 13,261.96_

5. In 1982, the number of Starbucks was 5 shops. It has exponentially grown by 21%
yearly. Let t = the number of years since 1982. Find an equation for this growth and find
the number of Starbucks predicted in 2015.

Equation: ___y = 5(1 + 0.21)t_________ Answer: __ y = 5(1.21)33 = 2697.04________


6. A computer’s value declines about 7% yearly. Sally bought a computer for $800 in
2005. How much is it worth in 2009.

Answer: ___ y = 800 (1 – 0.07)4 = 598.44_____


7. A particular car is said to depreciate 15% each year. If the car new was valued at
$20,000, what will it be worth after 6 years?
20,000(0.85)6 = 7542.99

8. The depreciation of the value for a car is modeled by the equation y = 100,000(.85)x for
x years since 2000.
a. In what year was the value of the car was $61,412.50?
100000 (0.85)x = 61,412.5;
log 0.85(0.614125) = x = 3. 2003

b. In what year, will the value of the car reach ¼ of its original value.
¼ (100,000) = 25,000 = 100,000(.85)x
log 0.85(1/4) = 8.53 years = x

2. A new automobile is purchased for $20,000. If V = 20,000(0.8) x, gives the car’s value
after x years, about how long will it take for the car to be worth $8,200?
8,200 = 20,000(0.8)X
log 0.8(8,200/20,000) = about 4 years

3. A cup of coffee contains 140 mg of caffeine. If caffeine leaves the body at 10% per
hour, how long will it take for half of the caffeine to be eliminated from ones body?

70 = 140 (0.9)x
log 0.9 (.5) = 6.5 Hours

4. A bacteria colony started with 2 bacteria. The colony is growing exponentially at


10% per hour. How long will it take to have 1 million bacteria?
1,000,000 = 2(1.1)x Log1.1(500,000) = 137.7 Hours

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