Exponent Rules and Exponential Growth vs Decay

In an exponential function, what does the 'a' represent? 

• SLOPE
• RATE OF CHANGE
• Y-INTERCEPT
• COMMON RATIO

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CCSS.HSF.LE.B.5

What is a, the starting term, for the function: f(x) = 300(1.16)^x?

• 300
• 1.16
• .16
• x

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CCSS.HSF.LE.B.5

Is the pictured graph growth, decay, or linear or none?  

• Exponential Growth
• Exponential Decay
• Linear
• None

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CCSS.HSF-IF.C.7E

Is this exponential growth or decay?

• Growth
• Decay

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CCSS.HSF-IF.C.7E

What is the y-intercept of the function?

• 2
• 3
• 1
• -2

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CCSS.HSF-IF.C.7E

Is the pictured graph growth, decay, or linear or none?  

• Growth
• Decay
• Linear
• None

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CCSS.HSF-IF.C.7E

Is the graph linear, exponential or neither?

• Linear
• Exponential
• Neither

Does the graph represent an exponential growth or an exponential decay function?

• Exponential Growth
• Exponential Decay

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CCSS.HSF-IF.C.7E

Which of the following is an increasing exponential function whose y-intercept is 50?

• y = 50(.05)^x
• y = 50x - 4
• y = (2)^x + 50
• y = 50(1.4)^x

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CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2

The amount of ants in a colony, f, that is decaying can be modeled by                      f(x) = 800(.87)^x, where x is the number of days since the decay started. By what percentage is the colony decaying?

• 87%
• 13%
• 800%
• 8.7%

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CCSS.HSF-IF.C.8B