Spreads Like (Exponential) Wildfire

For this task, students will create and solve a problem that addresses a situation involving exponential growth or decay. Students imagine that the school's math department is conducting a math competition. The problems that they create are intended for that competition. The topic must be able to be modeled by an exponential function. (Examples include rumors, infections, wildfires, and so on.) Their final solutions should include graphs, charts, and other mathematical work supporting the solution.