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    Exponential Logarithmic

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    This document discusses exponential and logarithmic functions. It defines an exponential function as f(x)=bx, where b is the base and x is the exponent. Exponential functions with bases greater than 0 and not equal to 1 have domains of all real numbers. The document provides examples of evaluating exponential functions with base 2 at different values of x. It also discusses that as x decreases without bound, 2x approaches 0, and as x increases without bound, 2x increases without bound. Therefore, the range of the exponential function f(x)=2x is the interval (0,∞).

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    Exponential Logarithmic

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    This document discusses exponential and logarithmic functions. It defines an exponential function as f(x)=bx, where b is the base and x is the exponent. Exponential functions with bases greater than 0 and not equal to 1 have domains of all real numbers. The document provides examples of evaluating exponential functions with base 2 at different values of x. It also discusses that as x decreases without bound, 2x approaches 0, and as x increases without bound, 2x increases without bound. Therefore, the range of the exponential function f(x)=2x is the interval (0,∞).

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    This document discusses exponential and logarithmic functions. It defines an exponential function as f(x)=bx, where b is the base and x is the exponent. Exponential functions with bases greater than 0 and not equal to 1 have domains of all real numbers. The document provides examples of evaluating exponential functions with base 2 at different values of x. It also discusses that as x decreases without bound, 2x approaches 0, and as x increases without bound, 2x increases without bound. Therefore, the range of the exponential function f(x)=2x is the interval (0,∞).

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    Exponential Logarithmic

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    This document discusses exponential and logarithmic functions. It defines an exponential function as f(x)=bx, where b is the base and x is the exponent. Exponential functions with bases greater than 0 and not equal to 1 have domains of all real numbers. The document provides examples of evaluating exponential functions with base 2 at different values of x. It also discusses that as x decreases without bound, 2x approaches 0, and as x increases without bound, 2x increases without bound. Therefore, the range of the exponential function f(x)=2x is the interval (0,∞).

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    Exponential and Logarithmic

    Functions

     Exponential Functions

     Logarithmic Functions

     Exponential Functions as
    Mathematical Models
    Exponential Functions

    y
    4
    f(x) = 2x

    f(x) = (1/2)x

    x
    –2 2
     The function defined by

    f ( x)  b x
    (b  0, b  1)
    is called an exponential function
    with base b and exponent x.
     The domain of f is the set of all
    real numbers.
    Example
     The exponential function with base 2 is the
    function

    with domain (– , ).


     The values of f(x) for selected values of x follow:

    f (3)  2  8
    3

     3
    f    23/2  2  21/2  2 2
    2
    f (3)  20  1
     The exponential function with base 2 is the function

    f ( x)  2 x

    with domain (– , ).


     The values of f(x) for selected values of x follow:
    1 1
    f ( 1)  2 
    2

     2 2/3 1 1
    f     2  2/3  3
     3 2 4
    Laws of Exponents
     Sketch the graph of the exponential function f(x) = 2x.
    Solution
     Now, consider a few values for x:

     Note that 2x approaches zero as x decreases without


    bound:
    ✦ There is a horizontal asymptote at y = 0.
     Furthermore, 2x increases without bound when x
    increases without bound.
     Thus, the range of f is the interval (0, ).
     Sketch the graph of the exponential function f(x) = 2x.
    Solution
     Finally, sketch the graph:

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