An Introduction to Exponential Growth and Decay (5.13.1)

Question 1

• Population growth is one example of an exponential function. Radioactive decay is also an exponential function.

Answer 1

• Population growth is one example of an exponential function. Radioactive decay is also an exponential function.

Question 2

• When working with exponential functions, logarithms may be used to turn exponents into coefficients by using the following
properties.

e^(ln A) = A
ln(x)^y = y(ln x)

Answer 2

• When working with exponential functions, logarithms may be used to turn exponents into coefficients by using the following
properties.

e^(ln A) = A
ln(x)^y = y(ln x)