options: Define, evaluate, and compare functions.

Interpret functions that arise in applications in terms of the context.

Prove and apply trigonometric identities.

Use functions to model relationships between quantities.

Understand the concept of a function and use function notation.

Analyze functions using different representations.

Extend the domain of trigonometric functions using the unit circle.

Model periodic phenomena with trigonometric functions.

Construct and compare linear and exponential models and solve problems.

Interpret expressions for functions in terms of the situation they model.

Build new functions from existing functions.

Build a function that models a relationship between two quantities.
problem_activity: Problem 1
Malik bought a new car for $15,000. As he drove it off the lot, his best friend, Will, told him that the car’s value just dropped by 15% and that it would continue to depreciate 15% of its current value each year.
If the car’s value is now $12,750 (according to Will), what will its value be after 5 years? Complete the table below to determine the car’s value after each of the next five years. Round each value to the nearest cent.
| **           # of years,           *            t           *           , since driving the car off the lot          ** | **           Car value after           *            t           *           years          ** | **           15% depreciation of current value          ** | **           Car value minus 15% depreciation          ** |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                            0                                                            |                                          $12,750.00                                           |                         $1,912.50                          |                        $10,837.50                         |
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|                                                            4                                                            |                                                                                               |                                                            |                                                           |
|                                                            5                                                            |                                                                                               |                                                            |                                                           |
Write an exponential function to model the value of Malik’s car
$$t$$
years after driving it off the lot.
Use the function from part (b) to determine the value of Malik’s car 5 years after its purchase. Round your answer to the nearest cent. Compare the value with the value in the table. Are they the same?
Use the function from part (b) to determine the value of Malik’s car 7 years after its purchase. Round your answer to the nearest cent.
Problem 2
Every day Brian takes 20 mg of a drug that helps with his allergies. His doctor tells him that each hour the amount of drug in his bloodstream decreases by 20%.
Construct an exponential function in the form
$${f(t)=ab^t}$$
, for constants
$$a$$
and
$$b$$
, that gives the quantity of the drug, in milligrams, that remains in Brian’s bloodstream
$$t$$
hours after he takes the medication.
How much of the drug remains one day after taking it?
Do you expect the percentage of the dose that leaves the bloodstream in the first half hour to be more than or less than 20%? What percentage is it?
How much of the drug remains one minute after taking it?


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