exponential functions

must have early Friday

 

Two sections for this assignment:  create problem and answer other problem. 

 

create a story problem that uses either exponential growth or exponential decay.

 

problem to solve:

 

Story Problem:  Due to enhancements in technology and automation, the manual hands on jobs at a firm which currently numbers 2500 is decreasing a rate of 20% per year.  What are the number of manual hands on jobs left after 3 years?