Exponential Asymptote and Application

Fill in the blank: An ____________ is a line that a graph approaches.

Which of the following is an application of exponential function?

• Monthly Salary

• Shooting a Cannon

• Radioactive Decay

• Distance Travelled

Which of the following situations can apply solving exponential functions?

• Finding the age of your father if he is 15 more than thrice your age

• Calculating the area of a rectangular field given the dimensions

• Finding the number of bacteria with a growth rate of 25%, after a certain period of a given initial number

• Getting the probability of a discrete random variable

Asymptote is a line that the curve approaches as it approaches ______.

• Curve

• Infinity

• One

• Zero

Exponential functions have ____________ asymptotes.

• horizontal

• vertical

• diagonal

what are the asymptotes for this graph?

• (2,0) and y=0

• (0,2) and y=2

• (0,2) and y=0

Interpret the meaning of the values "a" and "b"

• a =1.023, b=125,500

• a is the initial number of subscribers, b is the rate at which the subscribers decrease.

• a is the rate at which the subscribers increase, b is the initial number of subscribers.

• a is the initial number of subscribers, b is the rate at which the subscribers increase.

Interpret the meaning of "a" and "b". (choose all that apply)

• a=250, b= 0.982

• a is the initial radioactive material in grams, b is the rate at which the mass decreases.

• a=0.982, b =250

• a is the initial radioactive materials in grams, b is the rate at which the mass increases.