Exploring Exponential Models: Revealing Hidden Information with Exponents

This video tutorial explains how to transform exponential models to uncover hidden information using exponent properties. It covers exponential functions, growth, and decay, illustrating with examples like bacteria population and car depreciation. The tutorial also discusses calculating percent change over different time periods and how to adjust models for daily changes.

What is the general form of an exponential function?

Explain the difference between exponential growth and exponential decay.

What does the initial value represent in an exponential model?

How do you calculate the percentage of change in a population after a certain time period?

How can you express a model to show the percent of change per minute instead of per hour?

What is the significance of the base in an exponential decay model?

Describe how to rewrite a model to find the daily percent of change from a weekly model.