document.write( "Question 150386: Oh dear God please help me!!! We are studying Graphs of Exponential and Logarithmic Functions and I am so lost I'm about to send out the hound dogs, but seriously if someone could please help just get me started I would greatly appreciate it.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #110306 by jim_thompson5910(35256)\"\" \"About 
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