SOLUTION: Explain how you can use first and second differences to identify an exponential function.

Question 1090767: Explain how you can use first and second differences to identify an exponential function.
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Using Differences to Determine the Model
By finding the differences between dependent values, you can determine the degree of the model for data given as ordered pairs.
If the difference is the , the model will be .
If the difference is the same value, the model will be .
If the of the difference has been taken finding values (common multiplication pattern), the model may be or some other special equation. changes more quickly than , and you never see the same value twice.
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.........................................................-> The first differences are not all equal. So, the table of values does not represent a linear function
................................................. -> The second differences are not all equal. So, the table of values does not represent a quadratic function. Find the ratios of the y-values and compare
ratio of - values:

The equation to represent this data is
Note that the ratio of values is the same between each set of numbers. This is an equation.

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