1. at generic middle school, 8 students were sick with the flu on the first week of school. during the 2nd week, 12 students were sick and on the 3rd week, there were 18 students sick. the attendance clerk noticed that the number of students getting sick was growing exponentially with a growth factor of 1.5.
week #1 week #2 week #3 week #10
8 12 18 ? ?
a) approx 205 students
b) approx 308 students
c) approx 461 students
d) approx 692 students

2. a population starts with 16 carpet beetles and in a week the population increased by 1 new beetle for every 4 beetles that were there the previous week which can be shown in the following table:
how many beetles do you estimate will be there by week 8?
a) 70
b) 95
c) 140
d) 198