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Math 140. 4.1 – Exponential Functions; Continuous Compounding. Some things just don’t grow linearly, they grow exponentially (ex: population, compound interest ). Some things just don’t grow linearly, they grow exponentially (ex: population, compound interest ). U.S. Population. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Some things just don’t grow linearly, they grow exponentially (ex: population, compound interest).
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Some things just don’t grow linearly, they grow exponentially (ex: population, compound interest).
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_Population,_1790_-_2011.svg
U.S. Population
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Natural Exponential Base:
(Amount of money you’d have in an account if you invested $1 at 100% interest rate per year for one year, where interest is compounded continuously.)
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In general, the continuously compounded interest formula is , and the regular compound interest formula is .
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The logarithmic function is the ______________ of the exponential function.
What does that mean?
inverse
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The logarithmic function is the ______________ of the exponential function.
What does that mean?
inverse