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Year 10 Exponential Growth & Decay

This document contains 5 math word problems involving exponential increase and decrease. Problem 1 asks to calculate the value of a motorbike that decreases in value by 15% each year over 3 years. Problem 2 involves calculating the value of an investment that increases at 2.6% compound interest over 2 years. Problem 3 requires calculating the annual interest rate if an investment doubles in value over 10 years. Problem 4 uses a graph to determine original investment amount, time to double, and value after 54 years, and writes an equation in terms of the annual interest rate. Problem 5 calculates the decrease in the number of lions in Africa over 6 years if the population decreases by 2% annually.

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Year 10 Exponential Growth & Decay

This document contains 5 math word problems involving exponential increase and decrease. Problem 1 asks to calculate the value of a motorbike that decreases in value by 15% each year over 3 years. Problem 2 involves calculating the value of an investment that increases at 2.6% compound interest over 2 years. Problem 3 requires calculating the annual interest rate if an investment doubles in value over 10 years. Problem 4 uses a graph to determine original investment amount, time to double, and value after 54 years, and writes an equation in terms of the annual interest rate. Problem 5 calculates the decrease in the number of lions in Africa over 6 years if the population decreases by 2% annually.

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YEAR 10 HOMEWORK EXPONENTIAL INCREASE/DECREASE


1. The value of a motorbike is $12 400.
Each year, the value of the motorbike decreases exponentially by 15%.
Calculate the value of the motorbike after 3 years. [2]

2. Adilla invests $1200 at a rate of 2.6% per year compound interest.


Calculate the value of her investment at the end of 2 years. [2]

3. Dani invests $200 at a rate of y% per year compound interest.


At the end of 10 years the value of her investment is $256.
Calculate the value of y, correct to 1 decimal place. [3]

4. When Heidi was born, her grandfather invested some money in an account that paid compound
interest. The graph shows the exponential growth of this investment.

(a) Use the graph to find


(i) the original amount of money invested, [1]
(ii) the number of years it took for the original amount to double, ....................................... years [1]
(iii) the value of the investment after 54 years. [1]
(b) This account earned compound interest at a rate of r % per year.
Use your answers to part (a)(i) and part (a)(ii) to write down an equation in terms of r.
You do not have to solve your equation.[2]
4. There are 30 000 lions in Africa.
The number of lions in Africa decreases exponentially by 2% each year.
Calculate the increase in the number of lions in Africa after 6 years.
Give your answer correct to the nearest hundred. [2]

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