Identify each of the following functions as exponential

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2022-02-23

Identify each of the following functions as exponential growth or decay y=39(0.98)^t

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alenahelenash

Expert2022-03-10Added 556 answers

We can have a look at the base 0.98 of your exponential. Written as it is it doesn't tell us much but what if we write it as:

98100

this is very good because we see that if you try to use your exponent t applied to this fraction you see that:

98t becomes big but 100t becomes bigger.

 

So, the fraction (98100)t will become very small (the denominator is always bigger) when t increases.

Try with t=1 and t=2 you'll get:

9811001=0.98 and 9821002=0.096

So our exponential function will return us values that become smaller as t increases!

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