Activity Overview
Students will be able to use various graphical representations to determine which of two functions is greater for large values of x.
Objectives
• Students will be able to use various graphical representations to determine which of two functions is greater for large values of x.
• Students will understand that any exponential function of base greater than 1 will be greater than any power function for sufficiently large values of x.
• Students will be able to determine which of two functions is greater given a graph of the ratio of the two functions.
Vocabulary
• exponential function
• power function
• base
About the Lesson
This lesson is a follow-up lesson to the activity Comparing Exponential and Power Functions.