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What is the general formula for an exponential function?
Given two points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) on an exponential function, what are the formulas for 'a' and 'b'?
, (when x1 = 0 and x2 = 1)
What is the formula for continuous growth using the natural base 'e'?
What is the formula for continuous decay using the natural base 'e'?
How to find 'b' if given two points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2)?
Given f(d) = 2^d, what is the equivalent form showing weekly growth?
How do you calculate the growth factor over a specific interval?
Growth factor = , where is the length of the interval.
What is the formula for exponential growth with an initial value of ?
What is the formula for exponential decay with an initial value of ?
, where 0 < b < 1
How do you find the value of 'e' using a limit?
What does the graph of an exponential growth function look like?
Starts near zero and increases rapidly, approaching infinity as x increases.
What does the graph of an exponential decay function look like?
Starts at a positive value and decreases rapidly, approaching zero as x increases.
How can you identify the initial value from the graph of an exponential function?
It's the y-intercept of the graph (the value of y when x = 0).
How does the value of 'b' affect the steepness of the exponential graph?
Larger 'b' values (b > 1) result in steeper growth; smaller 'b' values (0 < b < 1) result in slower decay.
What does the horizontal asymptote of an exponential decay function represent?
The limiting value that the function approaches as x goes to infinity.
How does adding a constant 'k' to an exponential function affect its graph?
It shifts the graph vertically by 'k' units.
What does the intersection of two exponential functions represent?
The point where the two functions have the same value for the same input.
How can you visually estimate the growth rate from an exponential graph?
By observing how quickly the y-values increase for a given change in x.
What does the graph of look like?
An increasing exponential function that passes through (0, 1) and has a horizontal asymptote at y = 0 for x approaching negative infinity.
What does the graph of look like?
A decreasing exponential function that passes through (0, 1) and has a horizontal asymptote at y = 0 for x approaching positive infinity.
Define exponential growth.
Growth increasing at an increasing rate; b > 1 in .
Define exponential decay.
Decay decreasing at a decreasing rate; 0 < b < 1 in .
What is the general form of an exponential function?
, where 'a' is the initial value and 'b' is the base.
Define the natural base 'e'.
A mathematical constant approximately equal to 2.71828, used for continuous growth/decay.
What is exponential regression?
A method to fit an exponential function to a set of data points.
Define the correlation coefficient in exponential regression.
A measure of how well the exponential model fits the data.
What are residuals in exponential regression?
The difference between the observed data and the predicted values from the exponential model.
What is 'ln'?
The natural logarithm, the inverse function of .
What is an equivalent form of an exponential function?
A different representation of the same function that reveals different properties.
What does the initial value 'a' represent in ?
The value of the function when x = 0.