Scenario Three friends are comparing how fast their social media posts have spread with the goal of having the most shares. Their results are shown below.

Amber: Amber shared her photo with 3 friends. They continue sharing the picture every day, so the number of shares can be represented by f(x) = 34x

Ben: Ben shared his photo with 2 friends. Each of those friends share with 3 more each day, so the number of shares triples every day.
Day
Number of Shares
0
2
1
6
2
18

Carter: Carter shares his post with 10 friends, who each share the post with only 2 friends each day. Exponential Functions
1) Ben’s social media post:

2) Carter’s social media post: