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F-LE.1.a Warmup M1-028-A04-V01

Distinguish linear from exponential situations by equal differences versus equal factors over equal intervals.

Classify a graph description as linear or exponential

Problem

Classify the displayed graph as linear, exponential growth, exponential decay, or neither.

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Graph shape is really a picture of how the rate behaves. We’ll check whether equal horizontal moves produce equal vertical changes, which appears as one straight path, or whether the rate changes and the graph curves. That structural evidence distinguishes the function families more reliably than the fact that the graph happens to increase.

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Curriculum context
Course
Math I
Standard
F-LE.1.a
Category
Functions
Domain
Linear, Quadratic, and Exponential Models
Objective
Distinguish linear from exponential situations by equal differences versus equal factors over equal intervals.
Problem type
Classify a graph description as linear or exponential