4.4 Graph Exponential Growth Functions
Vocabulary Exponential Function: y = abx, where a ≠ 0 and the base b is a positive number other than 1. Examples:
Exponential Growth & Decay y = abx
Vocabulary asymptote: line that the graph approaches more and more closely, but does not touch or cross
Vocabulary end behavior of a function’s graph: the y-behavior of the graph as x approaches positive or negative infinity.
Graphing y = bx Graph y = 4x X Y -2 -1 1 2
Graphing y = abx Graph X Y -1 1
Graphing y = abx Graph X Y 1 2
Graphing y = abx-h+k Translates the graph left 2 units down 1 unit
Graphing y = abx-h+k Graph
Classwork p. 121 #’s 1-3 (graph the functions)
Homework Pg. 122, 1 – 17 all