5.12.5 • Practice
Complete the following questions to practice the skills you have learned in this lesson.
For questions 1 - 5, use the the three exponential functions defined below:
- Which of these functions grows the least quickly?
- Which function grows the most quickly?
The three given graphs represent the functions , , and defined above.
- Which graph corresponds to ?
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Graph A
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Graph B
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Graph C
- Which graph corresponds to ?
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Graph A
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Graph B
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Graph C
- Which graph corresponds to ?
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Graph A
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Graph B
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Graph C
For questions 6 - 8, use the given graphs of three exponential equations.

- Which graph matches the equation
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Graph K
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Graph L
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Graph M
- Which graph matches the equation
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Graph K
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Graph L
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Graph M
- Which graph matches the equation
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Graph K
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Graph L
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Graph M
For questions 9 - 10, use the graph below.
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- Written in the form , what is the value of for each function?
- Which graph decreases the most quickly?
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Graph A
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Graph B
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Graph C
The graphs of , , and are shown.
- Which is the graph of ?
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Graph A
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Graph B
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Graph C
For questions 12 – 14, use the graph below:
- Which of the functions graphed, , has the smallest value for ?
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A
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B
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C
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D
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E
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F
- Which of the functions graphed, , has the lowest value for ?
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A
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B
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C
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D
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E
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F
- What is the equation of the horizontal asymptote for ?