b. In whatyear will you tripleyour originalamount?
- Supposethat in the previousproblem,you startedwith but maintainedthe sameinterestrate.
a. Give a formulafor the exponentialmodel.(Hint:note the coefficientand exponentin the previousanswer!)
b. How long will it take for the initialamount, , to triple?Explainyour answer.
- The followingtablegivesthe averagedaily temperaturefor Indianapolis,Indianafor eachmonthof the
year:
Avg Temp
(F)
Month
Jan 22
Feb 26.3
March 37.8
April 51
May 61.7
June 75.3
July 78.5
Aug 84.3
Sept 68.5
Oct 53.2
Nov 38.7
Dec 26.6a. Constructa scatterplot of the data.
b. Find the sine modelfor the data.
Answers
- b. Linear.
c.
d. is an estimateof , and shouldbe zero but due to errorin measurementit is not.
- ; about manateeswill be killedin the year 2000.Note:therewereactually
manateeskilledin the year 2000. - c. ; cm.
- b. Quadratic.
c.
d. It mightbe becausethe first waveof womeninto the workforcetendedto take whateverjobs they could
find withoutregardfor salary.