If Andrea's rock collection has 125 rocks, and has 25 less than Claudia's..how many does Claudia have?
1. y=4x+5
2. y=2+6x
3. y=8-x
Answer:
Radical expressions must be simplified before adding or subtracting so that you are combining “like terms”. In the same way that 2x2 and 3x cannot be combined because they are not like terms, terms involving radicals cannot be combined unless the value under the radical is the same for both terms.
Since this is a problem in exponential growth/decay, y = ab^x is the formula that will be used to solve this problem.
The initial value, "a", is the value you start out with and in this case, it is $2000.
The growth/decay factor is what "b" represents, and it is 4%. We need to change the percentage into a decimal, so we will take the percent symbol, change it into a decimal, and move it two places to the left. This is make it 0.04. The problem also mentions interest, implying an exponential growth. Therefore, you will add 0.04 by 1: 1+0.04 = 1.04.
The "x" represents an amount of time. It is 5 years. The equation should be written like this:
y = 2000(1.04)^5
y = 2433.30. When rounded to the nearest dollar, it is $2433.
