Sophia College Algebra Milestone 5.

Sophia College Algebra Milestone 5. Score 19/22 You passed this Milestone 19 questions were answered correctly. 3UquNestiIonTs we5re a—nswerMed inIcLorrEectSly.TONE 5 Susan monitors the number of strep infections reported in a certain neighborhood in a given week. The recent numbers are shown in this table: Week Number of People 0 20 1 26 2 34 3 44 According to her reports, the reported infections are growing at a rate of 30%. If the number of infections continues to grow exponentially, what will the number of infections be in week 10? 203 people 206 people 276 people 297 people RATIONALE In general, exponential growth is modeled using this equation. We will use information from the problem to find values to plug into this equation. The initial number of infections is , so this is the value for a. The infection rate is , so this is our value for b (remember to write it as a decimal). We want to know how many infections there will be in week 10, so we will use for the value for x. We will need to solve for y. Start by simplifying what's inside the parentheses. 1 plus is . Next, take this value to the power of . to the power of is . Finally, multiply this by . CONCEPT There will be 276 people infected in week 10. Exponential Growth 2 Suppose and . Find the value of . RATIONALE To evaluate this composite function, focus on the innermost function first. Evaluate first by plugging in for the variable x in the function . Once x has b