Exponential functions are used to describe situations in many facets of real life, such as economics, government, biology, chemistry, business, and finance.

Prompt

Exponential functions are one of the most applicable topics you will study in College Algebra. Exponential functions are used to describe situations in many facets of real life, such as economics, government, biology, chemistry, business, and finance.

Read this article and watch the news story about the cholera epidemic in Haiti in 2010:

https://www.ck12.org/algebra/applications-of-exponential-functions/rwa/Its-Epidemic/?referrer=concept_details
Read about how scientists are using cell phone data to predict and combat the spread of diseases:

Predicting Ebola’s spread using cell phone data

Find a news story or article online that discusses a topic that can be modeled by an exponential function. Post a link to your story and explain in one to two sentences how your story uses exponential functions.