Question

Which of the following functions shown in the table below is not an exponential function?

Answer 1

Answer:

B. f(x)

D. h(x)

Step-by-step explanation:

An exponential function will have a common ratio.

We check and see if the consecutive terms has a common ratio.

For f(x),

$\frac{5}{2} \ne \frac{10}{5}$

This is not an exponential sequence.

For g(x), we have:

$\frac{2}{1} = \frac{4}{2} = \frac{8}{4} = 2$

For h(x),

$\frac{1.25}{1} \ne \frac{1.5}{1.25}$

This is not an exponential sequence

For k(x),

$\frac{16}{64} = \frac{4}{16} = \frac{1}{4} = \frac{0.25}{1}$