Part 5: Fox Trot Problem

A math teacher offers to assign one second of homework the first week of school, two seconds the second week, four seconds on the third week. If the amount of homework doubles every weeks this something you would agree to for the duration of the 36 week school year?

1. The relationship between # of weeks and seconds of HW is:(Circle one) Linear Exponential

2. Recursive formula for seconds of homework after n weeks: Pn= ___________________

Explicit formula for the seconds of homework after n weeks: Pn= ___________________

4. How many hours would you be spending on homework at the end of 36 weeks (n = 35)? Would you

agree to this? Time: _________ Yes/No _________

5. How much time would you spend at the end of 15 weeks (n = 14)? Keeping in mind the amount of

homework done in Week 1, Week 2, etc., would you agree to this? Time: _______ Yes/No _______