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 $\mathbit{\text{x}}$ $1.4$ $1.41$ $1.414$ $1.4142$ $1.41421$ $1.414213$ ${\mathbf{2}}^{\mathbit{\text{x}}}$ $2.639$ $2.65737$ $2.66475$ $2.665119$ $2.665138$ $2.665143$

Bacterial growth

Suppose a particular population of bacteria is known to double in size every $4$ hours. If a culture starts with $1000$ bacteria, the number of bacteria after $4$ hours is $n\left(4\right)=1000·2.$ The number of bacteria after $8$ hours is $n\left(8\right)=n\left(4\right)·2=1000·{2}^{2}.$ In general, the number of bacteria after $4m$ hours is $n\left(4m\right)=1000·{2}^{m}.$ Letting $t=4m,$ we see that the number of bacteria after $t$ hours is $n\left(t\right)=1000·{2}^{t\text{/}4}.$ Find the number of bacteria after $6$ hours, $10$ hours, and $24$ hours.

The number of bacteria after 6 hours is given by $n\left(6\right)=1000·{2}^{6\text{/}4}\approx 2828$ bacteria. The number of bacteria after $10$ hours is given by $n\left(10\right)=1000·{2}^{10\text{/}4}\approx 5657$ bacteria. The number of bacteria after $24$ hours is given by $n\left(24\right)=1000·{2}^{6}=64,000$ bacteria.

Given the exponential function $f\left(x\right)=100·{3}^{x\text{/}2},$ evaluate $f\left(4\right)$ and $f\left(10\right).$

$f\left(4\right)=900;f\left(10\right)=24,300.$

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Graphing exponential functions

For any base $b>0,b\ne 1,$ the exponential function $f\left(x\right)={b}^{x}$ is defined for all real numbers $x$ and ${b}^{x}>0.$ Therefore, the domain of $f\left(x\right)={b}^{x}$ is $\left(\text{−}\infty ,\infty \right)$ and the range is $\left(0,\infty \right).$ To graph ${b}^{x},$ we note that for $b>1,{b}^{x}$ is increasing on $\left(\text{−}\infty ,\infty \right)$ and ${b}^{x}\to \infty$ as $x\to \infty ,$ whereas ${b}^{x}\to 0$ as $x\to \text{−}\infty .$ On the other hand, if $0 is decreasing on $\left(\text{−}\infty ,\infty \right)$ and ${b}^{x}\to 0$ as $x\to \infty$ whereas ${b}^{x}\to \infty$ as $x\to \text{−}\infty$ ( [link] ).

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Note that exponential functions satisfy the general laws of exponents. To remind you of these laws, we state them as rules.

Rule: laws of exponents

For any constants $a>0,b>0,$ and for all x and y ,

1. ${b}^{x}·{b}^{y}={b}^{x+y}$
2. $\frac{{b}^{x}}{{b}^{y}}={b}^{x-y}$
3. ${\left({b}^{x}\right)}^{y}={b}^{xy}$
4. ${\left(ab\right)}^{x}={a}^{x}{b}^{x}$
5. $\frac{{a}^{x}}{{b}^{x}}={\left(\frac{a}{b}\right)}^{x}$

Using the laws of exponents

Use the laws of exponents to simplify each of the following expressions.

1. $\frac{{\left(2{x}^{2\text{/}3}\right)}^{3}}{{\left(4{x}^{-1\text{/}3}\right)}^{2}}$
2. $\frac{{\left({x}^{3}{y}^{-1}\right)}^{2}}{{\left(x{y}^{2}\right)}^{-2}}$
1. We can simplify as follows:
$\frac{{\left(2{x}^{2\text{/}3}\right)}^{3}}{{\left(4{x}^{-1\text{/}3}\right)}^{2}}=\frac{{2}^{3}{\left({x}^{2\text{/}3}\right)}^{3}}{{4}^{2}{\left({x}^{-1\text{/}3}\right)}^{2}}=\frac{8{x}^{2}}{16{x}^{-2\text{/}3}}=\frac{{x}^{2}{x}^{2\text{/}3}}{2}=\frac{{x}^{8\text{/}3}}{2}.$
2. We can simplify as follows:
$\frac{{\left({x}^{3}{y}^{-1}\right)}^{2}}{{\left(x{y}^{2}\right)}^{-2}}=\frac{{\left({x}^{3}\right)}^{2}{\left({y}^{-1}\right)}^{2}}{{x}^{-2}{\left({y}^{2}\right)}^{-2}}=\frac{{x}^{6}{y}^{-2}}{{x}^{-2}{y}^{-4}}={x}^{6}{x}^{2}{y}^{-2}{y}^{4}={x}^{8}{y}^{2}.$

Use the laws of exponents to simplify $\left(6{x}^{-3}{y}^{2}\right)\text{/}\left(12{x}^{-4}{y}^{5}\right).$

$x\text{/}\left(2{y}^{3}\right)$

The number e

A special type of exponential function appears frequently in real-world applications. To describe it, consider the following example of exponential growth, which arises from compounding interest in a savings account. Suppose a person invests $P$ dollars in a savings account with an annual interest rate $r,$ compounded annually. The amount of money after 1 year is

$A\left(1\right)=P+rP=P\left(1+r\right).$

The amount of money after $2$ years is

$A\left(2\right)=A\left(1\right)+rA\left(1\right)=P\left(1+r\right)+rP\left(1+r\right)=P{\left(1+r\right)}^{2}.$

More generally, the amount after $t$ years is

$A\left(t\right)=P{\left(1+r\right)}^{t}.$

If the money is compounded 2 times per year, the amount of money after half a year is

$A\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)=P+\left(\frac{r}{2}\right)P=P\left(1+\left(\frac{r}{2}\right)\right).$

The amount of money after $1$ year is

$A\left(1\right)=A\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)+\left(\frac{r}{2}\right)A\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)=P\left(1+\frac{r}{2}\right)+\frac{r}{2}\left(P\left(1+\frac{r}{2}\right)\right)=P{\left(1+\frac{r}{2}\right)}^{2}.$

After $t$ years, the amount of money in the account is

$A\left(t\right)=P{\left(1+\frac{r}{2}\right)}^{2t}.$

More generally, if the money is compounded $n$ times per year, the amount of money in the account after $t$ years is given by the function

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