What is the name of this function (grade 11)?

Question

y=x^n

also what is the difference between that and the exponential function

y=c^x

Answer 1

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The first one is a polynomial function, the second one an exponential function.

Answer 2

i) Power function

ii) Power function has a variable x raise to a power.

Exponential function has a constant raised to a variable

Source(s): http://www.math.ucsd.edu/~ashenk/Section0_3.pdf

Answer 3

There is no difference, both equations are exponential functions.