Rewriting Exponential Functions Answers

The amount of radioactive element remaining, r, in a 100-mg sample after d days is represented using the equation . What is the daily percent of decrease?

Which of the following is equivalent to ?

An antibiotic kills 60% of bacteria in a sample of 100,000 each day. The equation represents the population, p1, after d days. Four days after introducing the antibiotic to the first sample, a scientist introduces the same antibiotic to a second population, p2. The number of bacteria after d days in the second population is represented by the equation . Which equation is equivalent to p2?

A scientist has 50 grams of a radioactive element. The amount of radioactive element remaining after t days can be determined using the equation . After two days the scientist receives a second shipment of 50 grams of the same element. The equation used to represent the amount of shipment 2 remaining after t days is . Which of the following is an equivalent form of the expression for the amount remaining in shipment 2?

Jillana takes a single dose of medication that remains in her body according to the equation r = 200(0.75)d, where r represents the amount of medication remaining after d days. If Jillana had taken the medication four days earlier, the amount of medication remaining in her system relative to the amount that remains in her system after d days would be represented using the equation r2 = 200(0.75)d + 4. Which of the following is an equivalent equation?

On a piano, the formula to determine the frequency of any pitch relative to the A above middle C (A440) is given by the expression , where x represents the the number of half-steps above or below A440. Which of the following is equivalent to ?

Nolan began a savings account three years ago. He invested $100 at a 2% interest rate according to the equation Vn = 100(1.02)x, where Vn is the value of his account after x years. Anias started an account today. She invested $100 at a 2% interest rate according to the equation Va = 100(1.02)x–3, where Va is the value of her account. Let’s say Anias started saving at the same time Nolan did, three years ago. Approximately how much money would she have had to invest to have the same amount of money she has now?

Juana invests $1,500 in an account accumulating 3% interest according to the equation , where v represents the value of the account after y years. Marquez and Calvin invest the same amount of money at the same rate. Marquez invests three years before Juana, and Calvin invests two years after Juana. By what factor would Calvin’s investment need to be increased to equal Marquez’s investment at any time after Calvin’s investment is made?

The function gives the mass, m, of a radioactive substance remaining after h half-lives. Cobalt-60 has a half-life of about 5.3 years. Which equation gives the mass of a 50 mg Cobalt-60 sample remaining after 10 years, and approximately how many milligrams remain?

The value, V, of Kalani’s stock investments over a time period, x, can be determined using the equation . What is the rate of increase or decrease associated with this account?