ExponentialFunction

Definition:
Anexponentialfunctionhastheformy=ab^xwhereaiswherethelinecrossestheyaxisandb
istheexponentialgrowthordecayoftheline.

Professions:
Bankers:Compoundinterest
Government:NationalDebt
Chemist:CarbonDating

ExponentialFunctionsareusedsometimesbychemistwhentheyaretryingtofindout
theageofsomethingbythedecreaseincarbon14.Allorganismhavethesameamountof
carbonatsometimeintheirlives.Thescientistthenseehowmuchofthatcarbonhasdecayed
usingexponentialfunctionstoseehowoldtheyare(MIT).Thisequationisanexampleofhow
youwouldfindouttheamountofcarbonthatisinadiedorganizmeifyouknewhowolditwas.
N(t)=N
0
e
kt
.
Time:5,700years
N(5700)=e^(k*5700)
=e^(5700k)
Ln()=lne^(5700k)=5700k
k=ln() .0001216
5700
SkillsNeeded
Youneedtoknowthebasicexponentialproblemsandhowtosolveanequationanda
expressionofproblemandtobeabletographthelineusingtheexpressionorequation.Also
needtoknowyourbasicoperations.Youalsoneedtoabletographalineusingatable.Youalso
needtoknowwhatadomainandrangeisandhowtofindthem.Youneedtoknowwhatthe
definitionsofexponentialgrowthfunction,growthfactor,exponentialdecayfunction,anddecay
factor.Youalsoneedtoknowhowtosolveamultistepproblem.
WorksCited

Boswell,Laurie,KanoldTimothy,LarsonRon,StiffLee.Algebra2.Evanston,Illinois:Littell
McDougal,2007.Print.

"ExponentialDecayMathCentral."ExponentialDecayMathCentral.Web.14Mar.2014.
http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/beyond/articles/ExpDecay/decay1.html

Radiocarbon.WikimediaFoundation.Web.14Mar.2014.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiocarbon_dating#Calculations

"InventoroftheWeek:Archive."MIT,InventoroftheWeek:Archive.Web.17Mar.2014.
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/libby.html