Assignment 15

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course Mth 163

3/18/13 around 7:45pm

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Question: `q001. Note that this assignment has 14 questions

If you are given $1000 and invest it at 10% annual interest, compounded annually, then how much money will you have after the first year, how much after the second, and how much after the third?

Is the the change in the amount of money the same every year, does the change increase year by year, does the change decrease year by year or does it sometimes increase and sometimes decrease?

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Your solution:

The first year the interest will be 10% of $1000 which is $100. So the total at the end of the first year is $1100.

Therefore the second year interest will be 10% of $1100 which is $110. At the end of the second year the total will then be $1100 + $110 = $1210.

For the third year the interest will be 10% of $1210 which is $121. At the end of the sphere year the total will then be $1210 + $121 = $1331.

The yearly changes are then $100, $110, and $121 and they increase each year

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Given Solution:

During the first year the interest will be 10% of $1000, or $100. This makes the total at the end of the first year $1100.

During the second year the interest will be 10% of $1100, or $110. At the end of the second year the total will therefore be $1100 + $110 = $1210.

During the third year the interest will be 10% of $1210, or $121. At the end of the sphere year the total will therefore be $1210 + $121 = $1331.

The yearly changes are $100, $110, and $121. These changes increase year by year.

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Self-critique (if necessary): ok

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Question: `q002. In the preceding problem you obtained amounts $1100, $1210 and $1331. What number would you multiply by $1000 to get $1100? What number we do multiply by $1100 to get $1210? What number would we multiply by $1210 to get $1331?

What is the significance of this number and how could we have found it from the original information that the amount increases by 10 percent each year?

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Your solution:

In order to get $1100 with something that is multiplied by $1000 we must divide 1100 by 1000 and we get 1.1

We multiply $1100 again by 1.1 and get $1210.

We multiply $1210 again by 1.1 to get $1331.

This number is significant because if the amount increases by 10 percent, then we end up with 110 percent of what we stared with. Therefore, 110% is the same as 1.1.

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Given Solution:

To get $1100 you have to multiply $1000 by 1100 / 1000 = 1.1.

To get $1210 you have to multiply $1210 by 1210 / 1100 = 1.1.

To get $1331 you have to multiply $1331 by 1331 / 1210 = 1.1.

If the amount increases by 10 percent, then you end up with 110 percent of what you start with. 110% is the same as 1.1.

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Self-critique (if necessary): ok

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Question: `q003. Given the recurrence relation P(n) = 1.10 * P(n-1) with P(0) = 1000, substitute n = 1, 2, and 3 in turn to determine P(1), P(2) and P(3). How is this equation related to the situation of the preceding two problems?

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Your solution:

Substituting n = 1into the equation gives us P(n) = 1.10 * P(1-1) which gives us 1.10 * P(0). We can then substitute 1000 into the equation giving us P = 1.10 * 1000 = 1100

Substituting n = 2into the equation gives us P(n) = 1.10 * P(2-1) which gives us 1.10 * P(1). We can then substitute P(1) = 1100 into the equation giving us P = 1.10 * 1100 = 1210

Substituting n = 3into the equation gives us P(n) = 1.10 * P(3-1) which gives us 1.10 * P(2). We can then substitute 1210 into the equation giving us P = 1.10 * 1210 = 1331

This are the same numbers we received in the 2 previous problems.

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Given Solution:

Substituting 1 into P(n) = 1.10 * P(n-1) we obtain P(1) = 1.10 * P(1-1), or P(1) = 1.10 * P(0). Since P(0) = 1000 we get P(1) = 1.1 * 1000 = 1100.

Substituting 2 into P(n) = 1.10 * P(n-1) we obtain P(2) = 1.10 * P(1). Since P(1) = 1100 we get P(1) = 1.1 * 1100 = 1210.

Substituting 3 into P(n) = 1.10 * P(n-1) we obtain P(3) = 1.10 * P(2). Since P(2) = 1000 we get P(3) = 1.1 * 1210 = 1331.

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Self-critique (if necessary): ok

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Question: `q004. If you are given $5000 and invest it at 8% annual interest, compounded annually, what number would you multiply by $5000 to get the amount at the end of the first year?

Using the same multiplier, find the results that the end of the second and third years.

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Your solution:

If your money increases by 8% in a year, then it the end of the year you will have 108% more than at the beginning of the year. 108% is the same as 1.08 so our multiplier will be 1.08.

If we multiply $5000 by 1.08, we get $5000 * 1.08 = $5400, which is the how much is at the end of the first year.

At the end of the second year the amount will be $5400 * 1.08 = $5832.

And at the end of the third year the amount will be $5832 * 1.08 = $6298.56.

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Given Solution:

If your money increases by 8% in a year, then it the end of the year you will have 108% as much as at the beginning. Since 108% is the same as 1.08, our yearly multiplier will be 1.08.

If we multiply $5000 by 1.08, we obtain $5000 * 1.08 = $5400, which is the amount the end of the first your.

At the end of the second year the amount will be $5400 * 1.08 = $5832.

At the end of the third year the amount will be $5832 * 1.08 = $6298.56.

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Self-critique (if necessary): ok

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Question: `q005. How would you write the recurrence relation for a $5000 investment at 8 percent annual interest?

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Your solution:

We would do the same as we did for the previous problem where we have P(n) = 1.08 * P (n-1).

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Given Solution:

Just as the recurrence relation for 10 percent annual interest, as seen in the problem before the last, was P(n) = 1.10 * P(n-1), the recurrence relation for 8 percent annual interest is P(n) = 1.08 * P(n-1).

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Self-critique (if necessary): ok

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Question: `q006. If you are given amount $5000 and invest it at annual rate 8% or .08, then after n years how much money do you have? What does a graph of amount of money vs. number of years look like?

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Your solution:

We will start with 1 year where the amount would be $5000 * 1.08 = $5400

Multiplying this by 1.08 we get the amount at the end of the second year ($5000 * 1.08) * 1.08 or $5000 * 1.08^2 = $9720

Multiplying this by 1.08 we get the amount at the end of the third year as ($5000 * 1.08^2) * 1.08 or $5000 * 1.08^3 = $17496

Continuing to multiply by 1.08 we get $5000 * 1.08^3 at the end of year 3, $5000 * 1.08^4 at the end of year 4, etc..

Therefore we can express the amount at the end of the nth year as $5000 * 1.08^n.

The amount will increase more and more with each year. This result in a graph which passes through the vertical axis at (0, 5000) or have a b = 5000 and increases at an increasing rate.

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Given Solution:

After 1 year the amount it $5000 * 1.08.

Multiplying this by 1.08 we obtain for the amount at the end of the second year ($5000 * 1.08) * 1.08 = $5000 * 1.08^2.

Multiplying this by 1.08 we obtain for the amount at the end of the third year ($5000 * 1.08^2) * 1.08 = $5000 * 1.08^3.

Continuing to multiply by 1.08 we obtain $5000 * 1.08^3 at the end of year 3, $5000 * 1.08^4 at the end of year 4, etc..

It should be clear that we can express the amount at the end of the nth year as $5000 * 1.08^n.

If we evaluate $5000 * 1.08^n for n = 0, 1, 2, ..., 10 we get $5000, $5400, 5832, 6298.56, 6802.45, 7346.64, 7934.37, 8569.12, 9254.65, 9995.02, 10,794.62. It is clear that the amount increases by more and more with every successive year. This result in a graph which passes through the vertical axis at (0, 5000) and increases at an increasing rate.

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Self-critique (if necessary): ok

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Question: `q007. With a $5000 investment at 8 percent annual interest, how many years will it take to double the investment?

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Your solution:

Just as we did in the previous problem we can carry this out by multiplying $5000 by 1.08 amounts getting $5400, 5832, 6298.56, 6802.45, 7346.64, 7934.37, 8569.12, 9254.65, 9995.02, 10,794.62 at the end of years 1 - 10. Therefore doubling to $10,000 happens after the end of the ninth year.

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Given Solution:

Multiplying $5000 successively by 1.08 we obtain amounts $5400, 5832, 6298.56, 6802.45, 7346.64, 7934.37, 8569.12, 9254.65, 9995.02, 10,794.62 at the end of years 1 thru 10. We see that the doubling to $10,000 occurs very shortly after the end of the ninth year.

We can make a closer estimate. If we calculate $5000 * 1.08^x for x = 9 and x = 9.1 we get about $10,072. So at x = 9 and at x = 9.1 the amounts are $9995 and $10072. The first $5 of the $77 increase will occur at about 5/77 of the .1 year time interval. Since 5/77 * .1 = .0065, a good estimate would be that the doubling time is 9.0065 years.

If we evaluate $5000 * 1.08^9.0065 we get $10,000.02.

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Self-critique (if necessary): ok

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Question: `q008. If you are given amount P0 and invest it at annual rate r (e.g., for the preceding example r would be 8%, which in numerical form is .08), then after n years how much money do you have?

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Your solution:

We would get the equation P0 * 1.08^n that we know from previous problems. Also if we represent the rate by r then each year we will multiply by 1 + r, and after n years we have P0 * (1 + r)^n.

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Given Solution:

If the annual interest rate is .08 then each year we would multiply the amount by 1.08, the amount after n years would be P0 * 1.08^n. If the rate is represented by r then each year then each year we multiply by 1 + r, and after n years we have P0 * (1 + r)^n.

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Self-critique (if necessary): ok

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Question: `q009. If after an injection of 800 mg an antibiotic your body removes 10% every hour, then how much antibiotic remains after each of the first 3 hours? How long does it take your body to remove half of the antibiotic?

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Your solution:

If 10 percent of the antibiotic is removed each hour, then at the end of the hour the amount that is left will be 90 percent of what was present at the beginning of the hour. Therefore after 1 hour we have .90 of 800mg which would be 800 * .9 = 720mg remaining after the first hour

The second would be 720 * .9 = 648 mg

And the third hour would be 648 * .9 = 583.2 mg

To remove half the antibiotic we can continue to follow this process out and get for the 6th hour 425.15 and for the 7th hour 382.64. Therefore it will be somewhere between the 6th and 7th hour.

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Given Solution:

If 10 percent of the antibiotic is removed each hour, then at the end of the hour the amount left will be 90 percent of what was present at the beginning of the hour. Thus after 1 hour we have .90 * 800 mg, after a second hour we have .90 of this, or .90^2 * 800 mg, and after a third hour we have .90 of this, or .90^3 * 800 mg.

The numbers are 800 mg * .90 = 720 mg, then .90 of this or 648 mg, then .90 of this or 583.2 mg.

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Self-critique (if necessary): ok

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Question: `q010. In the preceding problem, what function Q(t) represents the amount of antibiotic present after t hours? What does a graph of Q(t) vs. t look like?

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Your solution:

T = the amount of hours and we know that after t hours we will have 800 * .9^t mg left. So Q(t) = 800 * .9^t.

The amounts for the first 4 years are 800, 720, 648, 583.2, etc.. All of these amounts decrease each time. As a result the graph, which passes through the vertical axes at (0,800), decreases at a decreasing rate.

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Given Solution:

After t hours we will have 800 * .9^t mg left. So Q(t) = 800 * .9^t.

The amounts for the first several years are 800, 720, 648, 583.2, etc.. These amounts decrease by less and less each time. As a result the graph, which passes through the vertical axes at (0,800), decreases at a decreasing rate.

We note that no matter how many times we multiply by .9 our result will always be greater than 0, so the graph will keep decreasing at a decreasing rate, approaching the horizontal axis but never touching it.

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Self-critique (if necessary): ok

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Question: `q011. Suppose that we know that the population of fish in a pond, during the year after the pond is stocked, should be an exponential function of the form P = P0 * b^t, where t stands for the number of months after stocking. If we know that the population is 300 at the end of 2 months and 500 at the end of six months, then what system of 2 simultaneous linear equations do we get by substituting this information into the form of the function?

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Your solution:

We plug in the population values of 300 then 500 for P and 2 months and 6 months for t to get the equations

300 = P0 * b^2 and

500 = P0 * b^6.

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Given Solution:

We substitute the populations 300 then 500 for P and substitute 2 months and 6 months for t to obtain the equations

300 = P0 * b^2 and

500 = P0 * b^6.

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Self-critique (if necessary): ok

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Question: `q012. We obtain the system

300 = P0 * b^2

500 = P0 * b^6

in the situation of the preceding problem.

If we divide the second equation by the first, what equation do we obtain?

What do we get when we solve this equation for b?

If we substitute this value of b into the first equation, what equation do we get?

If we solve this equation for P0 what do we get?

What therefore is our specific P = P0 * b^t function for this problem?

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Your solution:

If we divide the second equation by the first we get 500/300, which reduces to 5/3,

and (P0 * b^6) / (P0 * b^2), which we rearrange to get (P0 / P0) * (b^6 / b^2) = 1 * b^(6-2) = b^4.

So our equation is:

b^4 = 5/3.

To solve for b we get the 4th root of (5/3) which gives us b = 1.136

If we substitute this into the first equation we get 300 = P(0) *1.136^2

To solve for PO we get = 232.56

Therefore, our function is P = 232.4 * 1.136^t

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Given Solution:

Dividing the second equation by the first the left-hand side will be

left-hand side: 500/300, which reduces to 5/3, and the right-hand side will be

right-hand side: (P0 * b^6) / (P0 * b^2), which we rearrange to get (P0 / P0) * (b^6 / b^2) = 1 * b^(6-2) = b^4. Our equation is therefore

b^4 = 5/3.

To solve this equation for b we take the 1/4 power of both sides to obtain

(b^4)^(1/4) = (5/3)^(1/4), or

b = 1.136, to four significant figures.

Substituting this value back into the first equation we obtain

300 = P0 * 1.136^2.

Solving this equation for P0 we divide both sides by 1.136^2 to obtain

P0 = 300 / (1.136^2) = 232.4, again accurate to 4 significant figures.

Substituting our values of P0 and b into the original form P = P0 * b^t we obtain our function

P = 232.4 * 1.136^t.

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Self-critique (if necessary): ok

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Question: `q013. If you invest $4000 at 5% interest, compounded annually:

• How much money do you have after 8 years?

• How much money do you have after t years?

• At the end of which year does the amount of money more than double the original amount?

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Your solution:

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We would have the equation, as we have gotten in the past which is 4000 * 1.05^8 giving us $5909.82 after 8 years

After t years we will have 4000* 1.05^t

At the end of each year the amount does NOT more than double the original amount.

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If you continue for enough years, the amount certainly will double. For example after 20 years, as you can easily verify, the amount will be considerably greater than the $8000 necessary to have doubled the original $4000.

For how many years is it necessary to continue before the amount will have doubled?

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Question: `q014. If you invest a certain unknown amount of money at an unknown interest rate, compounded annually, and if after 5 years you have $1100 and after 10 years the amount is $1300, then:

• What function of the form P = P_0 * b^t models the amount as a function of time?

• What was the original amount?

• What was the interest rate?

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Your solution:

The function we would get of P = P0 * b^t would be $1000 = P0 * b^5

And $1300 = P0 * b^10

The original amount would then be found by the equation $1000 = P0 * b^1

I am not sure how to find this amount though???

The interest rate would be whatever b equals. Which again I am not sure how to find???

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You have a good start.

You need to find P0 and b.

You have two simultaneous equations

P0 * b^5 = 1000

P0 * b^10 = 1300.

You have two unknowns, P0 and b.

You could solve the first equation for P0, getting P0 = 1000 / b^5, and substitute that expression for P0 in the second equation, which would eliminate P0 and give you an equation with only b as the variable.

Or you could divide one of the equations by the other, which would also have the effect of eliminating P0.

Of course you could solve either equation for b and substitute the resulting expression into the other equation, giving you an equation for P0.

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Good, but I do recommend that you complete the two problems at the end and submit a revision.

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