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    Exponential functions have the variable in the exponent rather than the base. They have the general form f(x) = Nx where N is greater than 0. Properties of exponents can be used to simplify exponential expressions and solve exponential equations. Exponential functions with bases greater than 1 have graphs that are always increasing, while those with bases between 0 and 1 have decreasing graphs. Exponential functions model real-world phenomena like growth, interest, and decay.

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    Exponential functions have the variable in the exponent rather than the base. They have the general form f(x) = Nx where N is greater than 0. Properties of exponents can be used to simplify exponential expressions and solve exponential equations. Exponential functions with bases greater than 1 have graphs that are always increasing, while those with bases between 0 and 1 have decreasing graphs. Exponential functions model real-world phenomena like growth, interest, and decay.

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    Exponential functions have the variable in the exponent rather than the base. They have the general form f(x) = Nx where N is greater than 0. Properties of exponents can be used to simplify exponential expressions and solve exponential equations. Exponential functions with bases greater than 1 have graphs that are always increasing, while those with bases between 0 and 1 have decreasing graphs. Exponential functions model real-world phenomena like growth, interest, and decay.

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    Exponential functions have the variable in the exponent rather than the base. They have the general form f(x) = Nx where N is greater than 0. Properties of exponents can be used to simplify exponential expressions and solve exponential equations. Exponential functions with bases greater than 1 have graphs that are always increasing, while those with bases between 0 and 1 have decreasing graphs. Exponential functions model real-world phenomena like growth, interest, and decay.

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    Exponential Functions

    Objectives
    To use the properties of exponents to:
     Simplify exponential expressions.
     Solve exponential equations.
    To sketch graphs of exponential functions.
    Exponential Functions
    A polynomial function has the basic form: f (x) = x3

    An exponential function has the basic form: f (x) = 3x

    An exponential function has the variable in the exponent,


    not in the base.

    General Form of an Exponential Function:


    f (x) = Nx, N > 0
    Properties of Exponents
    X
    A A  A
    X Y X Y A X Y
    Y
     A
    A
    A 
    X Y
     A XY X
    A  X
    1
    A
     AB   A B
    X X X
    1
    X
     A X

    X
    A
     A
    X
    A
       X
     A
    X
     A 
    X
    B
    Y X Y
    B A Y
    Properties of Exponents
    Simplify: 2  2  2  32
    2 3 5

    6 1 1 4
    2 2  2  4 
    2

    2 16

    2 
    3 2
     26  64
    Properties of Exponents
    3 3
    2
    3
    2 3 27
    Simplify:    3  3 
    3 3 2 8

    7
    3 1 1
    9
    3  2 
    2

    3 3 9

     2 8    2  8
    1
     16 2  16  4
    1 1 2 1
    2 2
    Exponential Equations
    ( x 1) 1
    Solve: 5  125
    x
    Solve: 7 7 2
    5 x  53 x  1   12
    x3 x 1
    2
    Exponential Equations
    Solve: 8  2
    x
    Solve: 8  4
    x

    2 
    3 x
    2
    1
    2 
    3 x
    2 2

    2 2
    3x 1
    2 2
    3x 2

    3x  1 3x  2

    x  13 x 2
    3
    Exponential Equations
    Solve:  
    1 x
    3  27 Solve: x
    1
    3
     27

    3   
    3
    1 x
     27  273
    1
    x 3

    x
    3 3 3 x  19,683

    x  3 Not considered an
    exponential equation,
    because the variable

    x  3
    is now in the base.
    Exponential Equations
    x 4 8
    3
    Solve:

     
    Not considered an 4

    8 3
    3 3 4
    exponential equation,
    because the variable
    x 4

     8
    is in the base.
    4
    x 3

    x   2
    4

    x  16
    Exponential Functions
    General Form of an Exponential Function:
    f (x) = Nx, N > 0

    g(x) = 2x g(3) = 8
    g(2) = 4
    x
    g(1) = 2
    g(0) = 1
    g(–1) = 2 1  12
    g(–2) = 22  2  14
    1
    2x 2
    Exponential Functions
    g(x) = 2x
    x g  x

    2 4

    1 2
    0 1
    1
    –1 2

    1
    –2 4
    Exponential Functions
    g(x) = 2x
    Exponential Functions
    h(x) = 3x
    x h x

    2 9

    1 3
    0 1
    1
    –1 3

    1
    –2 9
    Exponential Functions
    h(x) = 3x
    Exponential Functions
    g(x) = 2x (blue) Exponential functions with
    positive bases greater than
    1 have graphs that are
    increasing.

    The function never crosses


    the x-axis because there is
    nothing we can plug in for x
    that will yield a zero
    answer.
    h(x) = 3x (red)

    The x-axis is a left


    horizontal asymptote.
    Exponential Functions
    g(x) = 2x (blue) A smaller base means
    the graph rises more
    gradually.

    A larger base means the


    graph rises more quickly.

    Exponential functions will


    h(x) = 3x (red) not have negative bases.
    The Number e

    A base often associated with exponential functions is:

    e  2.71828169
    The Number e
    lim 1  x   2.71828169
    1
    Compute: x

    x0

    lim 1  x  lim 1  x 
    1 1
    x x

    x 0 x 0

    1  x  1  x 
    1 1
    x x
    x x

    –.1 2.868 .1 2.5937

    –.01 2.732 .01 2.7048


    –.001 2.7196 .001 2.7169
    The Number e
    Euler’s number
    Leonhard Euler
    (pronounced “oiler”)
    Swiss mathematician
    and physicist
    The Exponential Function
    f (x) = ex
    Exponential Functions
    j  x   2 
    1 x

    x j  x

    2
    1
    4

    1
    1 2

    0 1
    –1 2

    –2 4
    Exponential Functions
    j  x   2 
    1 x

    Exponential functions with positive bases less


    than 1 have graphs that are decreasing.
    Why study exponential functions?
    Exponential functions are used in our real world
    to measure growth, interest, and decay.

    Growth obeys exponential functions.


    Ex: rumors, human population, bacteria,
    computer technology, nuclear chain reactions,
    compound interest

    Decay obeys exponential functions.


    Ex: Carbon-14 dating, half-life, Newton’s Law of
    Cooling

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