SOLUTION: How do you determine if a function has growth or decay� a)when looking at a graph? b)when looking at an equation? y=a(b)^t

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Question 1090684: How do you determine if a function has growth or decay�
a)when looking at a graph?
b)when looking at an equation? y=a(b)^t
Found 2 solutions by CubeyThePenguin, ikleyn:
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a) growth = the graph is going up at an increasing rate

decay = the graph is approaching 0 or another number


b) y = a(b)^t
b>1 means growth while b<1 means decay.

Answer by ikleyn(52817) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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                    To tutor @CubeyThePenguin


I looked into your first lesson on Stewart's theorem.

The starting basic formula is written incorrectly in it . . .

Please fix it.


When I see it fixed, I will remove this notice.