the function below represents the number of zombies, N, where t is the number of years since the zombies gained control of earth
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There is missing information about this question that I found online. Given function is: [tex]N(t) = 300\cdot 2^{-\frac{t}{8}}[/tex] The question is: Is this exponential growth or decay? Explain using your understanding of the properties of exponents. This is an exponential decay. In general, we can write down exponential functions like this: [tex]f(x)=b^{ax}[/tex] Parameter a is the key parameter that will tell how exponential function behaves. If it is positive we have an exponential growth. If it is negative we can rewrite function like this: [tex]f(x)=b^{-ax}=\frac{1}{b^{ax}}[/tex] We can notice that in this case, the denominator will exhibit exponential growth, in other words, the functions rapidly declines. This is an exponential decay.