An algorithm on a social media site is set up so that more shares of video receives the more individuals the video is presented to on their feed the views of a particular video are increasing at an exponential rate of 100% for each share the video received if the video originated with 10 views the situation can be modeled by the exponential equation v of s equals 10 of 2 where v is the number of views for every as shares which of the following statements is true about the equation the domain as values is the real numbers the range values includes the values greater than 0 the range values is all real numbers the domain s values include the values s is less than or equal to

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To analyze the exponential equation given, \( v(s) = 10 \cdot 2^s \), where \( v \) is the number of views and \( s \) is the number of shares, we can evaluate the statements regarding the domain and range.

  1. Domain: The variable \( s \) (number of shares) represents the number of times the video has been shared. Since you cannot share a video a negative number of times, the values of \( s \) should be non-negative integers (whole numbers). Therefore, the domain can be represented as \( s \geq 0 \). In terms of real numbers, \( s \) can technically be any non-negative real number.

  2. Range: The range of the function \( v(s) = 10 \cdot 2^s \):

    • When \( s = 0 \), \( v(0) = 10 \cdot 2^0 = 10 \).
    • As \( s \) increases, \( v(s) \) increases exponentially.
    • Thus, \( v(s) \) approaches infinity as \( s \) increases.
    • Therefore, the range of \( v(s) \) includes all values greater than or equal to 10, which means it is \( [10, \infty) \) and does not include 0 or negative numbers.

Now, let's evaluate the provided statements:

  1. The domain \( s \) values is the real numbers - This statement is false, as the domain should be \( s \geq 0 \) (specifically, non-negative real numbers).

  2. The range values includes the values greater than 0 - This statement is true, as the range indeed includes all values starting from 10 and going to infinity.

  3. The range values is all real numbers - This statement is false, since the range does not include any values less than 10.

  4. The domain \( s \) values include the values \( s \) is less than or equal to - This statement is incomplete and ambiguous. If it implies that \( s \) can be any negative number or specifically just "less than or equal to" without specifying a number, it is false, since valid values for \( s \) start from 0.

The best answer that fits among the statements is: The range values includes the values greater than 0.