These web-based activities were developed, during summer sessions from 1997 through 1999, by students at Mainland High School, located in Daytona Beach, FL. As part of Mainland's CCTT grant, the students were given permission by the book's publisher to convert the ancillary materials of the County's adopted Algebra 1 Textbook into html format.
Study Guide
Graphing Exponential Functions
An equation in the form y = ax where a > 0 and a ≠ 1 is called an exponential function. You can use a calculator to evaluate exponential functions.
Example: Use a calculator to approximate 0.5-3.5 + 2 to the nearest hundredth.
You can use values of exponential expressions to find ordered pairs that satisfy exponential functions. Then you can use the ordered pairs to graph the function.
Prepare a chart of ordered pairs and then graph each of the following functions.
1. y = 0.3x
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2. y = 3x + 1
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3. y = 32x-1
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4. y = (½)x - 2
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Copyright 1997-1999: html adaptation
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