Introduction to Exponential Functions and Their Graphs
Identify and graph exponential functions of the form y = abˣ and interpret growth and decay.

Identify and graph exponential functions of the form y = abˣ and interpret growth and decay.
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Work with exponential, square root, and rational functions, and use them to model and solve real-world growth, work, and distance problems.
Explain how the definition of the meaning of rational exponents follows from extending the properties of integer exponents to those values, allowing for a notation for radicals in terms of rational exponents. For example, we define 51/3 to be the cube root of 5 because we want (51/3)3 = 5(1/3)3 to hold, so (51/3)3 must equal 5.
Define appropriate quantities for the purpose of descriptive modeling.