SOLUTION: how do you find the horizontal asymptote of y=4(0.6)^x

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Question 939246: how do you find the horizontal asymptote of y=4(0.6)^x
Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by MathLover1(20855)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


the graph actually has a horizontal asymptote at which is the x-axis
That is, the graph will never cross the x-axis.



Answer by Edwin McCravy(20081)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
All functions of the form y = k*ax
have a horizontal asymptote which is the x-axis 
ans which has equation y=0.

That's because when 0.6 is a positive number 
less than 1 and when you raise a positive number 
less than 1 to larger and larger powers, the
result gets smaller and smaller and gets closer
and closer to nothing at all, namely 0. 




Edwin
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