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Lesson 29: Exponential Growth and Decay

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The lesson begins with a discussion about growth factors and percent increase, leading to the presentation of the compound interest formula. Following this focus on growth, exponential decay is introduced. The lesson concludes with a comparison between exponential and linear growth, highlighting the difference in the additive and multiplicative patterns in their growth patterns.
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Creator(s): 
Bruce Yoshiwara (Pierce College) and Kathy Yoshiwara (Pierce College)
Cataloger: 
Bohdan Rhodehamel
Publisher: 
Developmental Mathematics Collection
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CC BY-NC-SA