Robin purchased a piece of land in the year 2000 for $15,000. the value of the land increases at the rate of 13.17% each year. identify the function that represents the value of the land. does the function represent growth, or decay?
a) v(t) = 15000(0.8683)t; growth
b) v(t) = 15000(1.1317)t; decay
c) v(t) = 15000(0.08683)t; decay
d) v(t) = 15000(1.1317)t; growth

Given the choice between receiving $1.000.000 in one month or a single penny-doubled everyday for the period of one month; which option would you choice? show your work to support your answer. (assume that 1 month=30 days)

According to modern science, earth is about 4.5 billion years old and written human history extends back about 10,000 years. suppose the entire history of earth is represented with a 10-meter-long timeline, with the birth of earth on one end and today at the other end.

Apsychology student wishes to investigate differences in political opinions between business majors and political science majors at her college. she randomly selects 100 students from the 260 business majors and 100 students from the 180 political science majors. does this sampling plan result in a simple random sample? why or why not? no, because each group of 200 students in the sample does not have the same chance of being selected. yes, because each group of 200 students in the sample has the same chance of being selected. no, because each individual student does not have an equal chance of being selected. yes, because each individual student has the same chance of being selected.