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what is the percent rate of change in function y = (0.98) ^ x? determine whether the function represents exponential growth or exponential decay​

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C. 2%; exponential decay

You can use the fact that increasing power of values lying between 0 and 1 results in less and less values.

The percent rate of change in given function is -2%

The function represents exponential decay.

Given that:

  • The function: [tex] y = (0.98) ^ x[/tex]

To find:

  • Percent rate of change in given function.
  • Is it representing exponential growth or exponential decay?

Finding percent rate of change in given function:


For finding this, first find how much the output y changes if we change x from x to x + 1.

Output when x = x:   [tex]y = (0.98)^x[/tex]

Output when x = x+1:  [tex]y = (0.98)^{x+1}[/tex]

Difference in output if x goes from x to x+1: [tex](0.98)^{x+1} - (0.98)^x = (0.98)^x(0.98 - 1) = -0.02 \times (0.98)^x[/tex] (this change occurs if we increase input x by 1 unit, thus this also represents the rate)

Rate of change of function per unit increment = [tex]-0.02 \times (0.98)^x[/tex]

The percentage of rate of change is found as:

[tex]\text{Percent rate of change\:} = \dfrac{\text{Rate of change} \times 100}{\text{previous value}} = \dfrac{-0.02 \times (0.98)^x \times 100}{(0.98)^x} \\\\ \text{Percent rate of change\:} = -2\%[/tex]

Thus, the percent rate of change is -2%

The negative sign shows that the value is decreasing, thus showing that function shows exponential decay.

Learn more about exponential growth or decay here:

https://brainly.com/question/11743945

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