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Explain the difference between exponential growth and exponential decay

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Exponential growth is the function
$y = a^{x} , a\ \textgreater \ 1$
Exponential decay is the function
$y = a^{x} , 0\ \textless \ a\ \textless \ 1$
So, the basic difference is that in growth the base is more than 1, and in decay the base is more than 0 but less than 1.

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