Warm up In 1991 the population of Humpback whales was The Humpback population decreases at an annual rate of 1.5%. What is the exponential equation modeling this decay? What will the Humpback population be in 2012?
Warm up Answer
Rational Exponents and Roots
Remember: What is the difference between a Power function and an Exponential function? Power has variable in the base and exponential has variable in the exponent. (you need to know this for #1 on the homework)
Definition of Rational Exponents
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Example 1
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Example 2: You try!
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Example 3: what if there is a coefficient?
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Remember from way back when…
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Homework 5.3 Worksheet 1 all 2 a-c 3 a-f 4 a-c