Which of the following functions grows the slowest as x goes to infinity? (4 points)

Question

Which of the following functions grows the slowest as x goes to infinity? (4 points)

a	5x
b	5x
c	x5
d	They all grow at the same rate.

my answer is b

Answer 1

You are correct.

An exponential with base > 1 grows faster than any polynomial, no matter how high the order.

When comparing polynomials, the higher the order the faster it grows no matter how big are the coefficients.