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Math vocab #2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Exponential Function | A function whos value is a constant raised to the power of the argument with the parent function of F(x)= a.b^x |
| Exponential growth | Growth who's rate becomes ever more rapid in proportion to the growing total number or size; occurs b>1 |
| Exponential decay | growth whos rate becomes ever more rapid in proportion to the growing total number or sze; occurs when b>1 |
| Natural base, e | Eulers number equivalent to approximately 2.7182818 |
| Transformations | The movement or shift in shape of a function. |
| Domain | The set of all possible input values for the function |
| Range | All the output values of a function (y) |
| Interval continuity | A function defined at every point on the interval |
| Interval of Increasing | As the inputs increase, the outputs increase on the interval |
| interval of decreasing | As the inputs increase the outputs decrease on the interval |
| Horizontal Asymptote | A horizontal line that a function approaches but never touches has the equation y=___ |
| Vertical asymptote | A vertical line that a function approaches but never touches ; has the equation x=___ |
| End behaviour | The value of a function approaches as x approaches positive or negative infinity |
| Limit notation | The use of symbols to represent the value a function approaches. |