Pearson Algebra 1 Common Core, 2011
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7. Exponential Growth and Decay
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Exercise 23 Page 464

What is the general form of an exponential function? What does each of the values represent?

Initial amount: 5
Decay factor: 0.5

Practice makes perfect
We want to identify the initial amount a and the growth factor b in the given exponential function. To do so, let's first recall the general form of an exponential decay function.

y= a * b^x, where a>0 and 0