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The size of a glacier is measured in the same way as land, in acres or hectares. In 1900, the size of a glacier was about 320 hectares. Between 1900 and 2000, its size decreased by about 14% per decade.
Write a formula that represents the size of the glacier at the beginning of each decade from 1900 to 2000.(See Example 1 and Example 2.)
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Use the general formula for exponential decay.
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The size of a glacier is measured in the same way as land, in acres or hectares. In 1900, the size of a glacier was about 320 hectares. Between 1900 and 2000, its size decreased by about 14% per decade. Make a table showing the size of the glacier at the beginning of each decade from 1900 to 2000. (See Example 1 and Example 2.)
A spreadsheet is available to help you complete this exercise.
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The size of a glacier is measured in the same way as land, in acres or hectares. In 1900, the size of a glacier was about 320 hectares. Between 1900 and 2000, its size decreased by about 14% per decade. Sketch a graph showing the decrease in the area of the glacier from 1900 to 2000. (See Example 1 and Example 2.)
A spreadsheet is available to help you complete this exercise.
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The formula from Exercise 1 is
By entering this into a spreadsheet, you can draw the following graph.
Study Tip
1 square mile = 1 section = 4 quarters = 640 acres
1 hectare = 10,000 aquare meters
1 hectare = 2.47 acres
1 acre = 43,560 square feet (a square about 209 ft on each side)
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The size of a glacier is measured in the same way as land, in acres or hectares. In 1900, the size of a glacier was about 320 hectares. Between 1900 and 2000, its size decreased by about 14% per decade. Use the graph in Exercise 3 to estimate the area of the glacier in 2000. (See Example 1 and Example 2.)
A spreadsheet is available to help you complete this exercise.
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The size of a glacier is measured in the same way as land, in acres or hectares. In 1900, the size of a glacier was about 320 hectares. Between 1900 and 2000, its size decreased by about 14% per decade. A general rule is that a moving piece of ice and snow is called a glacier when its size is at least 10 hectares. Assuming the trend continues, when will the glacier be too small to be considered a glacier? ( See Example 1 and Example 2.)
A spreadsheet is available to help you complete this exercise.
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The formula from Exercise 1 is
A spreadsheet using this formula is shown below.
From the spreadsheet, you can see that the size will be too small to be classified as a glacier around 2130.
Study Tip
1 square mile = 1 section = 4 quarters = 640 acres
1 hectare = 10,000 aquare meters
1 hectare = 2.47 acres
1 acre = 43,560 square feet (a square about 209 ft on each side)
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The size of a glacier is measured in the same way as land, in acres or hectares. In 1900, the size of a glacier was about 320 hectares. Between 1900 and 2000, its size decreased by about 14% per decade. Suppose that a recent study predicts that the glacier will be completely melted by 2040. (See Example 1 and Example 2.)
- Does this prediction agree with your answer in Exercise 5? What does the research suggest about the melting rate of the glacier after 2000?
- When do you think an exponential model would be appropriate to model glacial melting? When do you think a linear model would be appropriate? Explain.
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