$Ryan$ has been earning a decent income from playing online poker. He started out with $\$200$$200 and has been able to $triple$ his money every year.

Write a function to represent the amount of money he had, $y$y, after $n$n years.

Find the amount of money he had after $5$5 years of playing online poker.

Medium

1 min

An online business that sells $phones$ online has been growing very quickly over the last year. They have asked you to model their growth over the next three quarters, and further into the future.

Hard

8 min

The table of values below represents an exponential decay function.

Medium

2 min

The following graph shows the value of a population $P$P over time.

Medium

< 1 min

Outcomes

MA.912.AR.1.1

Identify and interpret parts of an equation or expression that represent a quantity in terms of a mathematical or real-world context, including viewing one or more of its parts as a single entity.

MA.912.AR.5.3

Given a mathematical or real-world context, classify an exponential function as representing growth or decay.

MA.912.AR.5.4

Write an exponential function to represent a relationship between two quantities from a graph, a written description or a table of values within a mathematical or real-world context.

MA.912.F.1.2

Given a function represented in function notation, evaluate the function for an input in its domain. For a real-world context, interpret the output.

5.05 Exponential growth and decay

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Outcomes

MA.912.AR.1.1

MA.912.AR.5.3

MA.912.AR.5.4

MA.912.F.1.2

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