Problem 1: Your new computer cost $1500 but it depreciates (decreases) in value by about 18% each year. How much does it cost after 15 years?
a) Does this equation represent growth
or decay? Circle one.
growth decay
b) Identify the initial amount
c) Identify the growth or decay rate
d) Write an exponential function to
model the situation
Y = A (1 r)'
e) How much does the computer cost
after 15 years?
Students, draw anywhere on this slide!

There are two major tests of readiness for college: the act and the sat. act scores are reported on a scale from 1 to 36. the distribution of act scores in recent years has been roughly normal with mean µ = 20.9 and standard deviation s = 4.8. sat scores are reported on a scale from 400 to 1600. sat scores have been roughly normal with mean µ = 1026 and standard deviation s = 209. reports on a student's act or sat usually give the percentile as well as the actual score. the percentile is just the cumulative proportion stated as a percent: the percent of all scores that were lower than this one. tanya scores 1260 on the sat. what is her percentile (± 1)?