document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=199691>Question 199691</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1.	Do exponential functions only model phenomena that grow, or can they also model phenomena that decay?  Explain what is different in the form of the function in each case. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I don't get this at all could you please help </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Perhaps this will help.  The red graph is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y = e^x\">.  The green graph is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y = e^{-x}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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