document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1137505>Question 1137505</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Determine whether the equation represents exponential growth, exponential decay, or neither.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=16.5(1.025)^1/x </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #755391 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=755391\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the equation is y = 16.5 * (1.025) ^ (1/x)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i don't believe this is an exponential function.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "here's what i found as a definition of an exponential function.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The domain of exponential functions is all real numbers. The range is all real numbers greater than zero. The line y = 0 is a horizontal asymptote for all exponential functions. When a > 1: as x increases, the exponential function increases, and as x decreases, the function decreases.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "since your exponent is 1/x, then the domain is not all real values of x, since there is a discontinuity at x = 0.\r<BR>\n" );
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