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Ch. 4 - Applications of the Derivative
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4장, 문제 4.R.89

82–89. Comparing growth rates Determine which of the two functions grows faster, or state that they have comparable growth rates.


2ˣ and 4ˣ⸍²

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Step 1: Understand the problem by identifying the two functions given: \( f(x) = 2^x \) and \( g(x) = 4^{x^{1/2}} \). We need to determine which function grows faster as \( x \to \infty \).
Step 2: Simplify the second function \( g(x) = 4^{x^{1/2}} \). Notice that \( 4^{x^{1/2}} = (2^2)^{x^{1/2}} = 2^{2x^{1/2}} \). This means \( g(x) = 2^{2\sqrt{x}} \).
Step 3: Compare the exponents of the base 2 in both functions. For \( f(x) = 2^x \), the exponent is \( x \). For \( g(x) = 2^{2\sqrt{x}} \), the exponent is \( 2\sqrt{x} \).
Step 4: Analyze the growth of the exponents as \( x \to \infty \). The exponent \( x \) in \( f(x) \) grows linearly, while the exponent \( 2\sqrt{x} \) in \( g(x) \) grows as the square root of \( x \), which is slower than linear growth.
Step 5: Conclude that \( f(x) = 2^x \) grows faster than \( g(x) = 4^{x^{1/2}} \) as \( x \to \infty \), because the linear growth of \( x \) in the exponent of \( f(x) \) outpaces the square root growth of \( 2\sqrt{x} \) in the exponent of \( g(x) \).

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