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Given the exponential function A(x) = P(1 + r)x, what value for r will make the function a decay function?

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r=-0.1

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ANSWER
Any value of r in between -1 and 0 (exclusive on both sides).
For example, r = -0.1 or r = -0.5

EXPLANATION
You did not specify any answer choices; all we can do is state a range of values for r.

We have exponential function
A(x) = P(1 + r)^x

We note that the base is "1 + r"

For an exponential function to be a decay function, the base must be between 0 and 1 exclusive.


\begin{array}{r c c c l l} 0 &\ \textless \ & 1 + r &\ \textless \ & 1 \\ -1 &\ \textless \ & r &\ \textless \ & 0 & (\text{\footnotesize Solve for $r$ by subtracting 1 from everything}) \end{array}

Therefore, the values for r must lie in the range -1 < r < 0 (between -1 and 0 exclusive)

In interval notation, this is expressed as (-1, 0)
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