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Write two exponential word problems?
dont answer it
one growth and one decay
thanks
3 Answers
- 1 decade ago
(1) A culture of bacteria obeys the law of uninhibited growth. If 500 bacteria are present initially and there are 800 after 1 hour, how many will be present in the culture after 5 hours? How long until there are 20,000 bacteria?
(2) The half-life of radioactive decay potassium is 1.3 billion years. If 10 grams is present now, how much will be present in 100 years? In 1000 years?
- Anonymous1 decade ago
I'll give you the growth one...
A bowling ball is dropped from the Empire State Building on the 102 floor. If the bowling ball is accelerating at 9.8 m/sec^2, what is it's instanteous velocity after 10 seconds?
