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Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved Sec Inverse, Exponential and Logarithmic Functions Chapter 11
Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved Sec Exponential Functions
Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Sec Exponential Functions Objectives 1.Define exponential functions. 2.Graph exponential functions. 3.Solve exponential equations of the form a x = a k for x. 4.Use exponential functions in applications involving growth or decay.
Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Sec Exponential Functions Exponential Functions Defined Exponential Function For a > 0, a ≠ 1, for all real numbers x, F(x) = a x Defines the exponential function with base a.
Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Sec Exponential Functions Graphing Exponential Functions with a > 1
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Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Sec Exponential Functions Graphing Exponential Functions with a < 1 as x gets larger y decreases
Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Sec Exponential Functions Characteristics of the Exponential Graph
Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Sec Exponential Functions Graphing More Complicated Exponential Functions
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Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Sec Exponential Functions Solving Exponential Equations
Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Sec Exponential Functions Solving Exponential Equations
Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Sec Exponential Functions Solving Exponential Equations
Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Sec Exponential Functions Applied Problems Involving Exponential Functions This is the initial amount injected
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Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Sec Exponential Functions Applied Problems Involving Exponential Functions