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Texas Instruments: Modeling Exponential Decay With a Look at Asymptotes
Students use sample data to approximate models with the Transformation Graphing Application. They are introduced to the idea of discrete data sets being used with continuous function models. They also identify non-zero asymptote form of...
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Texas Instruments: Ball Bounce Revisited
This activity uses the peaks of the ball bounce data to produce an exponential function.
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Texas Instruments: Wrapping It All Up
Students recognize the effects of changes in parameters on the graphs of linear, quadratic, and exponential functions.
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Texas Instruments: Behaviors Exponential Function
This StudyCard stack teaches and tests on the exponential function. Shows connection between the function parameters and the resulting geometric behaviors of the exponential function. Use with Foundations for College Mathematics, ch. 6.1.
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Texas Instruments: Number Power!
In this activity, students explore patterns and rules in dealing with exponents and logarithms. They evaluate expressions with exponents and logarithms and display them in various notations. They will use their calculators to discover...
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Texas Instruments: Exponential Models and Logarithmic Scales
In this activity, students will analyze exponential growth data and then switch to a logarithmic scale. Includes both an exponential and a linear regression on the data, and asks students to make connections between two forms of...
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Texas Instruments: Nevada's Population
In this activity, students examine patterns and use these patterns to try to predict different aspects of an event. They study the statistical patterns for the population of the state of Nevada over a period of hundred years, and predict...
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Texas Instruments: Exploring Exponential Functions
Students will experiment with different base numbers for exponential functions and make observations of their findings.
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Texas Instruments: Sequence of Bounces
In this activity, students will explore the rebound heights of a ball and develop a sequence that will predict the rebound height of subsequent bounces. They will also find the total distance that the ball travels.
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Texas Instruments: On the Rebound
In this activity, students collect motion data for a bouncing ball using a motion detector. They analyze the data and attempt to find the exponential relationship between the bounce number and maximum height that the bounce reaches.
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Texas Instruments: Sour Chemistry: The Exponential P H Change
In this activity, students' will use a pH sensor to record pH versus time data as an antacid tablet neutralizes acid in lemon juice. They will model the pH data with a modified exponential function.
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Texas Instruments: Rational Functions and Their Asymptotes
In these questions, students identify asymptotes and removable discontinuities of rational functions, simplify rational expressions, and solve rational equations. Solutions and explanations are included.
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Texas Instruments: Applications of Exponential Functions in Music
In this lesson students will gather data on various tones and estimate frequency while creating a table of frequency vs. octave.
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Texas Instruments: Exponential Functions: Zero and Negative Exponents
Students will solve exponential functions with zero and negative exponents. The problems involve the use of reciprocals and graphs.
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Texas Instruments: The Calcumites Are Coming! Ti 83
Students model the growth of a population and compare ideal growth with a population whose growth is limited. They use technology to find exponential and logistic regression equations and use them to plot models.
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Texas Instruments: Exponential Functions
These questions test knowledge of domain and range of exponential functions, properties of exponents, and population growth and compound interest modeled by exponential functions. Questions are true/false and multiple choice; solutions...
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Texas Instruments: Algebra 1: Exponential Functions
Students will use examples and an interactive graph to explore exponential functions such as growth and decay.
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S.o.s. Math: Solving Logarithmic Equations
A good set of examples that show how to solve logarithmic equations by using exponential functions. Also includes a set of exercises.
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S.o.s. Math:applications of Exponential and Logarithmic Functions: Interest Rate
A set of examples and exercises that cover interest rate problems and how to solve them using exponents and logarithms.
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S.o.s. Math: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions /Radioactive Decay
A set of examples and exercises that show how to solve radioactive decay problems by using exponents and logarithms.
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S.o.s. Math: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions / Amortization
A set of examples and exercises that cover how to solve mortgage problems by using exponents and logarithms.
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S.o.s. Math: Logarithms and Exponential Functions
This tutorial contains 13 lessons on logarithms and exponential functions including exponential shortcuts and rules, graphs and rules of logarithms, and many more.
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University of Saskatchewan: Exponents and Exponential Functions
This site reviews the basic properties of exponents, and explains rational exponents and exponential functions, including those with base "e." Provides examples and lots of exercises.
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University of Saskatchewan: Introductory Exercises on Exponents
Site provides five different learning exercises dealing with exponential functions. Students can look up answers or get hints to the problem.