Effect of Initial Value on Graph of Exponential Function (C>0)
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This classroom activity presents College Algebra students with a
ConcepTest and a Question of the Day activity concerning the
effect of the initial value, C, on the y-intercept and position
of an exponential graph where C>0 and k is an arbitrarily fixed
value in f(x)=Ce^(kx). While students may have learned that the
initial value affects the shape of a expone