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6.1 Exponential Growth and Decay Date: ______________

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Warm-Up Rewrite each percent as a decimal. 1.) 8%2.) 2.4%3.) 0.01% 0.08 0.024 0.0001 Evaluate each expression for x = 3. 4.) 2x2x 5.) 50(3) x 6.) 2 2x-1 8 1350 32

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Exponential Functions An equation of the form y = ab x Examples y = 2(5) x y = 0.9(4.2) x If b > 1, then the function models exponential growth. If 0 < b