How do you determine if the equation #y=(0.5)^x# represents exponential growth or decay?

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Gió
May 12, 2016

I would say decay.

Explanation:

The way I would use is to write it as a fraction:
#y=(1/2)^x#
so, every time you increase #x# the denominator becomes bigger and bigger and the numerator remains one; as a consequence, one divided by something becoming bigger and bigger gives you a number that becomes smaller and smaller!

Graphically you can see it as:
graph{(0.5)^x [-10, 10, -5, 5]}

Hope it helps!

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