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Reverend Thomas Malthus developed the concept of Exponential Growth (another name for this is Malthusian growth model.) However the mathematical Exponent function was already know, but not applied to population growth and growth constraints.
Exponential Decay is a natural extension of Exponential Growth
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How do you tell if its exponential growth or decay?
Exponential growth has a growth/decay factor (or percentage decimal) greater than 1. Decay has a decay factor less than 1.
Categorize the graph as linear increasing linear decreasing exponential growth or exponential decay.?
Exponential Decay. hope this will help :)
What is independent variable in exponential growth and decay problems?
Time!
An exponential growth function represents a quantity that has a constant halving time?
That would be an exponential decay curve or negative growth curve.
What are three things exponential growth and exponential decay have in common?
both have steep slopes both have exponents in their equation both can model population
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