Lesson 12:

Representing
Real-Life
Situations Using
Exponential
Functions
Learning
Outcome(s): At the
end of the lesson, the
learner is able to
represent real-life
situations using
exponential functions.
Lesson Outline:
1. Exponential
functions
2. Population, half-
life, compound
interest
Definition: An
exponential
function with base
b is a function of the
form f(x) = bx or y =
bx(b > 0, b 1).
Example 1.
Complete a table
of values for x =
-3, 2, 1, 0, 1, 2,
and 3 for the
exponential