Maya Sheldon
BIG IDEAS MATH
Lesson 6.1 B
CALCULATO
PROBLEM SOLVING You deposit $5000 in an account that pays 2.25% annual interest. Find the balance after 5 years when the interest is
compounded quarterly
The balance is $

Ariana starts with 100 milligrams of a radioactive substance. the amount of the substance decreases by 20% each week for a number of weeks, w. the expression 100(1−0.2)w finds the amount of radioactive substance remaining after w weeks. which statement about this expression is true? a) it is the difference between the initial amount and the percent decrease. b) it is the difference between the initial amount and the decay factor after w weeks. c) it is the initial amount raised to the decay factor after w weeks. d) it is the product of the initial amount and the decay factor after w weeks.