Monday, February 20, 2012

Dylan, Jordan, Logan, and Tom's Question


  1. If DJ has 100,000 hairs on his head at the age of 10, and by the age of 18 he only has two hairs on his head, what is the rate of depreciation of his hair loss throughout the years?
  1. How long before DJ has only one hair from his existing two?
  1. How old will DJ be when he has only one hair left?
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  1. FedirkoFebruary 21, 2012 at 9:44 AM

    Hello,
    Don't forget to include a base for your exponential decay: Is this decay according to "e", or "10", or some other number as a base?
    Also, I think it best if we cut Part D., so that the younger students don't get the wrong idea.
    Mr. Fedirko

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