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Alana
Alana asked in Science & MathematicsMathematics · 5 years ago

How do you write an exponential equation when the staring value is 0? What if the starting value was 1? Say the numbers tripled each time.?

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    If you start with 0, any exponential growth still leaves you with 0. Three times zero is still zero.

    If you start with 1 and triple it each period, f(t) = 1 (3^t) = 3^t.

  • alex
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    you can't with the starting value of 0

    y = 3^(n) , with n=0, 1 , 2 , ...

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