Answer:
Exponential decay.
Step-by-step explanation:
You can use a graphing utility to check this pretty quickly, but you can also look at the equation and get the answer. Since the function has a variable in the exponent, it definitely won't be a linear equation. Quadratic equations are ones of the form ax^2 + bx + c, and your function doesn't look like that, so already you've ruled out two answers.
From the start, since we have a variable in the exponent, we can recognize that it's exponential. Figuring out growth or decay is a little more complicated. Having a negative sign out front can flip the graph; having a negative sign in the exponent flips the graph, too. In your case, you have no negatives; just 2(1/2)^x. What you need to note here, and you could use a few test points to check, is that as x gets bigger, (1/2) will get smaller and smaller. Think about it. When x = 0, 2(1/2)^0 simplifies to just 2. When x = 1, 2(1/2)^1 simplifies to 1. Already, we can tell that this graph is declining, but if you want to make sure, try a really big value for x, like 100. 2(1/2)^100 is a value very very very veeery close to 0. Therefore, you can tell that as the exponent gets larger, the value of the function goes down and gets closer and closer to zero. This means that it can't be exponential growth. In the case of exponential growth, as the exponent gets bigger, your output should increase, too.
Answer:
5 months
Step-by-step explanation:
Given
Required [Missing from the question]
At what month will the cost be equal
To do this, we equate both expressions
This gives:
Collect like terms
Solve for m
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Answer:
150
Step-by-step explanation:
The increase is by the factor 5/3, so the increased number is ...
90×(5/3) = 150
90 increased in the ratio 5 : 3 is 150.
A) blue/total = (3+2)/(8+2) = 5/10 = 50%
b) blue/total = (3)/(8 +2) = 3/10 = 30%
Answer:
Account A: Decreasing at 8 % per year
Account B: Decreasing at 10.00 % per year
Account B shows the greater percentage change
Step-by-step explanation:
Part A: Percent change from exponential formula
f(x) = 9628(0.92)ˣ
The general formula for an exponential function is
y = ab^x, where
b = the base of the exponential function.
if b < 1, we have an exponential decay function.
ƒ(x) decreases as x increases.
Account A is decreasing each year.
We can rewrite the formula for an exponential decay function as:
y = a(1 – b)ˣ, where
1 – b = the decay factor
b = the percent change in decimal form
If we compare the two formulas, we find
0.92 = 1 - b
b = 1 - 0.92 = 0.08 = 8 %
The account is decreasing at an annual rate of 8 %.The account is decreasing at an annual rate of 10.00 %.
Account B recorded a greater percentage change in the amount of money over the previous year.
