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OpenStudy (porticus):

Is this correct? http://prntscr.com/cuvs3q

OpenStudy (porticus):

@sweetburger

OpenStudy (blockingthesky):

no, it's exponential.

OpenStudy (3mar):

False. It is like what blockingthesky said.

OpenStudy (mathmate):

@Porticus An exponential function will always have a power that contains a variable, like \(5^x\), or \(e^{x^2}\), etc. Therefore \(5^2x^2+3x+3\) is NOT an exponential function because the exponents (2) do not contain a variable. On the other hand, log functions always has a log with a variable as an argument. For example, 5log(x) is a log function, while \(x^2log(2)\) is not, because the argument of log does not contain a variable. To go one step further, \(log(2)^x\) is an exponential function, while \(log(x)^2\) is a log function.

OpenStudy (3mar):

Thank you, mathmate! It is a good illustration!

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