Question

Suggest changing to “On the graph of an exponential function representing growth, what happens to the slope of the graph as x increases?”

Answer 1

If we have a growing exponential relation, we can write it as:

f(x) = A*r^x

Where A is the initial amount, r is the rate of growth, in this case, r > 1 (because is a growing exponential relation)

Now, the "slope" of the graph in x, is equal to the derivate of f(x) in that point, and we have:

f'(x) = A*(r^x)*ln(r)

Now, remember that r > 1, then ln(r) > 0.

then, f'(x) is a growing function as x grows, and f'(x) grows exponentially, this means that the slope of the graph also grows exponentially as x grows.