Exponential decay is the change that occurs when an original amount is reduced by a consistent rate over a period of time. The equation is y3e2x y 3 e 2 x. Exponential decay is common in physical processes such as radioactive decay cooling in a draft ie by forced convection and so on.
The order of magnitude is the power of ten when the number is expressed in scientific notation with one digit to the left of the decimal.
So we have a generally useful formula. This video explains how to determine an exponential decay function from given information. Since we know the half-life we can compute the decay rate directly using the formula. K rate of growth when 0 or decay when.