Graphing Exponential Decay & Growth

By L.D.

Problem 1
1. y =2x

Problem 1
1. y =2x Now since is graphing we will harken back to those days we used the x and y chart for y = mx + b. We will fill the chart using the numbers -2, -1, 0, 1 & 2 for the x in our chart but of course other numbers can be used. The chart is on the next slide.

x y
-2 -1

Problem 1

0 1
2

So if you are wondering how this works, what you do is add what is on the x side to the problem y =2x, find out what y equals, then graph them as points. I will do this on the next slide.

x y
-2 -1 1/4 1/2

Problem 1

So now all we need to do is graph it! <3

0 1
2

1 2
4

Problem 1
For this problem the back-tail extended all the way back the negative side but never went past zero as this was an example of exponential growth! In these cases it wont go past zero.

Problem 2
2. y = (1/2)x

x y
-2 -1 4 2

Problem 2

Now we are going to treat this as before and fill out the graph.

0 1
2

1 1/2
1/4

Problem 2
Now you may have noticed again that it didnt go below zero (it can be used counting population which wont go in the negatives) but instead was going up in the negatives causing it to be exponential decay. You may have also noticed the similarity in my problems of y =2x & y = (1/2)x which were basically the same but flipped, causing their graphs to look like it saw a mirror!

Thanks for reading this!