Name: ____________________________ Date: ______________________________

MCR3U - Choice Assignment #2
Due: Monday, March 5th, 2007

	Please answer four out of the five questions listed.  Please answer the questions on an attached page and show your work!  Good luck and have fun!

1a) 		b) 		c) 		d) 

2) The population of St. Mary’s increases by 4% per year.  If the population was 385 in 1991, write the general term for the population of the school in any year and use this to calculate the population of St. Mary’s in 2007.

3) Caffeine travels to your bloodstream after you consume it.  After you drink a beverage that contains caffeine, 13% of the caffeine in your blood is removed every hour.
a) Write an equation to represent the percent of caffeine, y, that remains in your bloodstream x hours after you drink a can of pop.

b) What percentage of caffeine is in your bloodstream three hours after you drink this can of pop?

4) Determine the number of terms in each geometric sequence
a) 3, 6, 12, 24, …49 152			b) -6, -18, -54, … -39 366

5) Solve for x algebraically:
a) 			b) 			c) 		
d) 			e) 		f)