What is Exponential Growth?

What is Exponential Growth?

Note:

Exponential functions often involve the rate of increase or decrease of something. When it's a rate of increase, you have an exponential growth function! Check out these kinds of exponential functions in this tutorial!

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Background Tutorials

  • Graph exponential and logarithmic functions, showing intercepts and end behavior, and trigonometric functions, showing period, midline, and amplitude.

      • What's an Exponential Function?What's an Exponential Function?

      What's an Exponential Function?

      Looking at an equation with a variable in the exponent? You have an exponential function! Learn about exponential functions in this tutorial.

Further Exploration

  • Prove that linear functions grow by equal differences over equal intervals, and that exponential functions grow by equal factors over equal intervals.