Exponential Decay Graph Examples. The coefficient a represents the starting amount. For a graph to display exponential decay either the exponent is negative.
Have your students analyze real data that fit exponential decay to estimate the residence time of a system. Specifically as x gets large ie. A graph showing exponential decay.
The figure above is an example of exponential decay.
The rate of decay is great at first. The equation is y2e3x y 2 e 3 x. An exponential growth graph starts very small and increases very quickly and the values end up very very large. You should expect to need to be able to identify the type of exponential equation from the graph.
