1. In your own words, describe the difference between the meaning of a negative exponent and the meaning of a fractional exponent.
2. You have some money to invest in one of two accounts. The first account pays
5% simple interest, and the second pays 4% compound interest. How would
you decide which account to use? Discuss your answer.
3. Write an exponential growth function, and then describe a real-world situation
that the function could represent. Do the same for an exponential decay
function. Share your functions and the situations they represent.