Why does an exponent represent exponential decay instead of growth?

The exponential e is used when modeling continuous growth that occurs naturally such as populations, bacteria, radioactive decay, etc.

Explanation

We can think of e like a universal constant representing how fast we could possibly grow using a continuous process. And, the beauty of e is that not only is it used to represent continuous growth, but it can also represent growth measured periodically across time.

The exponential e will be used in situations of continuous growth or decay. The following formula is used to illustrate continuous growth and decay. If a quantity grows continuously by a fixed percent, the pattern can be depicted by this function.

In case of exponential decay, k is less than 0.

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step-by-step explanation:

answer: option a.

step-by-step explanation:

you know that the quadrilateral opqr ( a four sided figure) is inscribed in circle. this means that all its vertices are on the circle.

then, by definition, the opposite angles of the quadrilateral are supplementary, this means that the sum of their measures is 180 degrees.

you can observe in the figure that the angles ∠opq   and the angle ∠orq   are opposite, therefore:

then, can be used to d to calculate the measure of ∠opq