a. The value of an investment account has a doubling time of 14 years and $40,000
was originally deposited in the account. What is the worth of the account after:
• 14 years: $
• 28 years: $
• 42 years: $
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b. Alan heard that the mass of bacteria in an experiment (which began at 8
micrograms) has a doubling time of 15 hours so he made the following table.
Look at the table and then choose the best response.
number of hours since the experiment began bacteria mass (micrograms)
0
15
30
45
8
16
24
32
Alan is incorrect. The 'number of hours' column should be '0, 15, 30, 60'.
Alan is correct. His table is accurate.
Alan is incorrect. He used the wrong growth factor for the exponential
function.
Alan is incorrect. He used a constant rate of change when this is not a
linear situation.