OCR C3 2009 January — Question 5

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleC3 (Core Mathematics 3)
Year2009
SessionJanuary
TopicExponential Functions

5 The mass, \(M\) grams, of a certain substance is increasing exponentially so that, at time \(t\) hours, the mass is given by $$M = 40 \mathrm { e } ^ { k t }$$ where \(k\) is a constant. The following table shows certain values of \(t\) and \(M\).
\(t\)02163
\(M\)80
  1. In either order,
    (a) find the values missing from the table,
    (b) determine the value of \(k\).
  2. Find the rate at which the mass is increasing when \(t = 21\).