Day 29 Graphs of Exponential Functions Exponential functions are used to model growth and decay. Let’s say that you receive a penny on day one and every day thereafter, the amount of pennies that you receive will double. Day Pennies 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 As you can see, the amount grows slowly and then will start to rapidly increase. Let’s look at days in the future 25 26 27 28 29 30 The amount of pennies will grow bound”. As the number of “without days increase, the amount of pennies will increase at an increasing rate.
Day 29 Graphs of Exponential Functions Exponential functions are used to model growth and decay. Let’s say that you receive a penny on day one and every day thereafter, the amount of pennies that you receive will double. Day Pennies 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 As you can see, the amount grows slowly and then will start to rapidly increase. Let’s look at days in the future 25 26 27 28 29 30 The amount of pennies will grow “without bound”. As the number of days increase, the amount of pennies will increase at an increasing rate.
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