What are the basic concepts of exponential functions?

where a is a constant. What that intimidating equation means is when you take the slope of the exponential function, it is always the point's y-coordinate times a constant related to the natural logarithm of the base. read more

Exponential functions are used in many cases, like population growth, and even the your bank account (assuming you don’t invest after the first investment, though). read more

Since taking a logarithm is the opposite of exponentiation (more precisely, the logarithmic function $\log_b x$ is the inverse function of the exponential function $b^x$), we can derive the basic rules for logarithms from the basic rules for exponents. read more