Algebra 8-2 Exponential Growth

1. If Savannah grows by 30% over a 5 year period, what would be

the growth factor for that 5 year period?

_________

2. What is 8⁰ equal? (No calculator) _______

3. What does 0⁰ equal? (Use your calculator if you like) __________

4. What does 0-1 equal? ________________________

5. What does 0-2 equal? ________________________

6. What can you conclude about 0 raised to a power less than or equal to 0?

7. What does n⁰ equal (n ≠ 0)? ________

8. Assume that the population of cats triples every year. If I have 5 cats,

how many will I have after

a.) 1 year _________ b.) 2 years __________

c.) 5 years ________ d.) 10 years _________

9. Assume that a certain bacteria cell splits into 2 new bacteria cells every

10 seconds. If you start with 1 cell how many cells will you have in

a.) 40 seconds _________

b.) 1 minute _________

c.) 1 minute 30 seconds ______________

d.) 3 minutes ______________

e.) 10 minutes ______________________________