Question

im trying to find out what term best describes a condition in which a quantity decreases at a rate that is proportional to the current value of the quantity I'm come down to these four options; negative slope, exponential decay, positive slope or exponential growth

Answer 1

Answer: Negative slope

Step-by-step explanation

Definitions:

• Negative slope,: when one parameter is increasing the other one is decreasing.

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• Positive slope,: when one parameter increases, the other also increases.

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• Exponential decay,: reduction of an amount by a consistent percentage rate over a period of time.

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• Exponential growth,: sharply increases a quantity over time.

Then, based on these definitions the term that best describes the decrease is the negative slope.