SOLUTION: True or False: The function "f(x)=3^x grows 3 times faster than the function g(x)= x. Explain.

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Question 155039: True or False: The function "f(x)=3^x grows 3 times faster than the function g(x)= x. Explain.
Answer by Earlsdon(6294)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is false!
would grow three times faster than
increases exponentially as x increases and this will grow much faster than three times
Take a look a the graphs of each function to see the diffences in growth rate.
Green graph.
Red graph.

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