For problems 1 through 3, write an exponential equation to represent each situation. Be sure to define your variable. 1. A person deposits $1,500 into a savings account that generates 7.3% interest per year. When will the account contain $8,000?

2. The population of a town increases 3% every year. There are currently 25,000 people living in the town. When will the town have 40,000 people?

3. The price of gas is declining 2% each week. The price is currently $2.06 per gallon. When will the price be $1.90 per gallon?

Afruit stand has to decide what to charge for their produce. they need $10 for 4 apples and 4 oranges. they also need $15 for 6 apples and 6 oranges. we put this information into a system of linear equations. can we find a unique price for an apple and an orange?

A25- foot ladder leans against a building and reaches a point of 23.5 feet above the ground .find the angle that the ladder makes with the building

An annual marathon covers a route that has a distance of approximately 26 miles. winning times for this marathon are all over 2 hours. the following data are the minutes over 2 hours for the winning male runners over two periods of 20 years each. earlier period 14 12 15 22 13 10 19 13 9 14 20 18 16 20 23 12 18 17 6 13 recent period 7 11 7 14 8 9 11 14 8 7 9 8 7 9 9 9 9 8 10 8 (a) make a stem-and-leaf display for the minutes over 2 hours of the winning times for the earlier period. use two lines per stem. (use the tens digit as the stem and the ones digit as the leaf. enter none in any unused answer blanks. for more details, view how to split a stem.) minutes beyond 2 hours earlier period 0 1 2 (b) make a stem-and-leaf display for the minutes over 2 hours of the winning times for the recent period. use two lines per stem. (use the tens digit as the stem and the ones digit as the leaf. enter none in any unused answer blanks.) minutes beyond 2 hours recent period (c) compare the two distributions. how many times under 15 minutes are in each distribution