I am still not happy with #18 being 2 (I think it should be 4). The population does increase continuously but by 4.0%, not 3.9% since this is 110(1.039999258)^t.
Consider if the given function for the population was 110e^(.5t). The population would not increase by 50% yearly but rather 64.9% yearly since the function is equal to 110(1.648721271)^t. We would not say it is approximately 50% because it is 65%!
Back to the actual problem, if we follow the logic, the rate is 4.0% and not 3.9%. It is not approximately 3.9% either because that implies you are rounding to the nearest tenth and to the nearest tenth it is 4.0%.
@kimclan1 I get your frustration, but it’s been made clear in the past that NYS a) has no idea how to make an upper level math test and b) doesn’t care when they make mistakes. I guess you’re just too smart for the regents lol
http://mrhonner.com/regents-recaps
I found this a while ago and i think it’s interesting. He goes through the math regents and finds questions that are either dumb, wrong, or both. Maybe this question will show up on his post later
Even though I have the answer key and know that 3) was the right choice for the spinner question, I still dont get how (I had put choice 1 but everyone else who got it wrong put 4)
