If e^x is exponential, then how come this shows that e^(x) -1 isn't exponential? Why would subtracting 1 not make it exponential anymore?

Algebra | Functions

Exponential functions

Exponential functions: First a riddle

Here's a riddle: I'm offering you a job. It's a nasty one, like mucking out chicken coops (big ones, hundreds of chickens – and "mucking out" means shoveling ammonia-smelling chicken poop) 12 hours a day, for 30 days — no lunch breaks. At the end of the first day, I'll pay you one cent. One cent. At the end of the second, I'll double that and give you two cents, and so on for 30 days.

46.2+112.3

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