Explicit and Recursive Applications
At a business office, 5 employees were sick with the
flu on the one week. During the second week 8
employees had the flu. By the third week there were
13 employees sick with the flu. The office clerk
noticed that the number of employees getting sick
was growing exponentially with a growth factor of
1.6' for at least 8 weeks.
week #1 week #2 week #3
week #6
8 I 13
Write an explicit definition showing the number of sick employees each week.
) W, = 5+ 1.6
w = 5 (1 6n)
Ow=5+(12-1) 1.6
w = 5. (1.6) 2-1

The minimum wage in washington has been increasing over the last ten years. years 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 washington state minimum wage $6.50 $6.72 $6.90 $7.01 $7.16 $7.35 $7.63 $7.93 $8.07 $8.55 $8.55 a) find the linear regression equation for the minimum wage in washington using this data ( x  0 in 2000). round to the thousandths. b) what is the slope? specifically, what does the slope represent in the real world context? c) what is the y-intercept? specifically, what does the y-intercept represent in the real world context? d) write your equation as a function of x. e) if you do not earn a college degree and you are earning minimum wage in 2020, what do you predict you will be earning per hour with the linear regression equation? f) if the trend continues, when will the minimum wage be $15 an hour? 3. why are your answers to #1d and #2a above different? which do you think is more accurate (#1 or #2) and why

Svetlana's hair is 4 4 centimeters ( cm cm) long. her hair grows 1 . 5 cm 1.5cm per month. svetlana wants her hair to be less than 1 6 cm 16cm long. write an inequality to determine the number of months, m m, svetlana can allow her hair to grow so that it is less than 1 6 cm 16cm long.

F(x) = 1/x g(x)=x-4 can you evaluate (g*f)(0) ? why or why not?