Exponents, Interest, and Geometric Series

Is this exponential growth or decay?

• Growth, the common ratio is between 0 and 1.

• Decay, the common ratio is between 0 and 1.

• Growth, the common ratio is greater than 1.

• Decay, the common ratio is greater than 1.

The relationship between time and population is ________________.

• Exponential growth

• Exponential decay

• Linear, and increasing

• Linear, and decreasing

• Exponential Growth

• Linear

• Exponential Decay

• None of the Above

Is this equation exponential growth, decay, or neither?

• Exponential Growth

• Exponential Decay

• Neither

Is this exponential growth or decay?

• Growth
• Decay

Is this exponential growth or decay?

• Growth
• Decay

Pick the equation that is exponential growth:

• y=2(0.5)^x

• y = 0.5(2)^x

If a table's pattern is that the f(x) values are being divided by -3, what is the common ratio?

• 3

• -3

Which of the following functions shows an initial amount of $15 and an increase of 35% each year?

• y = 15(35)^x
• y = 15(1.35)^x
• y = 15(0.35)^x
• y = 35(1.15)^x