4. The Jones experienced a lot of snow this year. On Saturday, the snow was falling at the exponential rate of 10% per hour. The Jones originally had 2 inches of snow. a. Write an exponential equation that models the inches of snow, S, on the ground at any given hour, b. (Recall that in general the exponential equation takes on the form of A = Ageht) Use the correct variables. S= b. If the snow began at 8 A.M. on Saturday and the Jones are expected home Sunday at 9 P.M., approximately how many feet of snow rounded to the nearest feet, will they have to shovel from their driveway? Is this enough to cancel school on Monday? c. After about how many hours, will the snow be at least 2 feet? (Hint: 'e' can be found on your calculator right above the 'In' function key. Be careful with conversion factors, inches in 1 foot).

4. The Jones experienced a lot of snow this year. On Saturday, the snow was falling at the exponential rate of 10% per hour. The Jones originally had 2 inches of snow. a. Write an exponential equation that models the inches of snow, S, on the ground at any given hour, b. (Recall that in general the exponential equation takes on the form of A = Ageht) Use the correct variables. S= b. If the snow began at 8 A.M. on Saturday and the Jones are expected home Sunday at 9 P.M., approximately how many feet of snow rounded to the nearest feet, will they have to shovel from their driveway? Is this enough to cancel school on Monday? c. After about how many hours, will the snow be at least 2 feet? (Hint: 'e' can be found on your calculator right above the 'In' function key. Be careful with conversion factors, inches in 1 foot).

College Algebra (MindTap Course List)

12th Edition

ISBN:9781305652231

Author:R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes

Publisher:R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes

Chapter5: Exponential And Logarithmic Functions

Section5.2: Applications Of Exponential Functions

Problem 44E: Use a graphing calculator to solve each problem. In Example 4, suppose that a birth control program...

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