SECTION 8B HIGHLIGHTS
Vocabulary: Doubling time, initial value, percentage growth rate, rule of 70, half-life, percentage decay rate.
Assignment: Read section 8B pages 469-479 Do exercises 5,8,9,13,17,21,23,28,31
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Skills you need to master in this section:
1. Calculate a growth factor or decay quantity.
2. Calculate a new quantity from a growth or decay factor.
3. Calculate a doubling time or a half-life using the rule of 70.