Consider the exponential function f of x is equal to 1 fifth times open paren 15 to the x th power close paren What is the value of the growth factor of the function?

An exponential function written as a · b^x has growth factor b, the number raised to the power x. Here the function is (1/5) · 15^x, so the growth factor is 15; the 1/5 is the initial value, not the growth factor.

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