Exponentials Worksheet Supreme

NASA’s All Sky Fireball Network is a collection of 17 cameras with the goal of observing meteors brighter
than the planet Venus (which are called “fireballs”). Consider the following graph.

Describe mathematically what is happening based on the data shown.

Discuss with words the growth of the number of fireballs from the years 2005 to 2009.
Discuss with words the growth of the number of fireballs from the years 2010 to 2014.
The data point for 2005 can be represent by a coordinate (2005, 500) where the x-coordinate 2005 represents
time and the y-coordinate 500 is the estimation taken from the graph of the number of fireballs. By choosing
any two points on this graph, a growth rate can be found. Calculate the growth rate of fireball occurrences in
the USA.
For the following, graph the exponential and identify the horizontal asymptote.