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Feb/Mar 2018 p12 q3
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On a certain day, the height of a young bamboo plant was found to be 40 cm. After exactly one day its height was found to be 41.2 cm. Two different models are used to predict its height exactly 60 days after it was first measured.
Model A assumes that the daily amount of growth continues to be constant at the amount found for the first day.
Model B assumes that the daily percentage rate of growth continues to be constant at the percentage rate of growth found for the first day.
(i) Using model A, find the predicted height in cm of the bamboo plant exactly 60 days after it was first measured.
(ii) Using model B, find the predicted height in cm of the bamboo plant exactly 60 days after it was first measured.
Solution
(i) The growth in the first day is given by:
\(41.2 - 40 = 1.2 \text{ cm}\)
Assuming this daily growth continues for 60 days, the predicted height is:
\(40 + 60 \times 1.2 = 112 \text{ cm}\)
(ii) The daily percentage growth rate is:
\(\frac{41.2}{40} = 1.03\)
Assuming this percentage growth continues, the predicted height after 60 days is: