Contributor Illustrative Mathematics

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01-01-2017
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Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade
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The goal of this task is to develop an understanding of why rational exponents are defined as they are (N-RN.1), however it also raises important issues about distinguishing between linear and exponential behavior (F-LE.1c) and it requires students to create an equation to model a context (A-CED.2)