Areli Gonzalez: Math with a Message: Four Faces of a Function

Math with a Message: Real World

Exponential Functions
FOUR FACES OF A FUNCTION: NUMBER OF DOWNLOADED APPS YEARLY
IS LIVING IN EXPONENTIAL TIMES BEAUTIFUL OR DANGEROUS
Source of Data: http://www.inquisitr.com/328075/mobile-app-market-to-double-in-2012-reach-45-
billion-annual-downloads/
















Table
24,936
45,617
81,422
131,696
205,376
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50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
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Number of Apps Downloaded Yearly
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Graph
Words: People download apps from the apps store every day. We
started with 24,936 apps downloaded on 2011 and it increased 1.92
every year
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