1.   Which equation represents exponential decay?
    A. y = 1.05(0.95)x B. y = 2.62(1.22)x
    C. y = 0.86(1.46)x D. y = 1.7(1.06)x
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  2.   Which expression describes this pattern of numbers:
4, 16, 64, 256, 1,024.
    A. 4x B. x4
    C. 4x D. 4 + x
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  3.   Which situation describes the expression 2?
    A. the air temperature when a cold front moves into the area and the temperature falls 2?every half hour
    B. a coin collection where 2 coins are added each month
    C. areas of various rugs with side length t for the rug at stage t
    D. the population of a city that doubles every 10 years
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  4.   What is the value of 5x when x = 5?
    A. 10 B. 25
    C. 3125 D. 5
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  5.   Which is the graph of y = 0.5x?
    A. B.
    C. D.
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