document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=250604>Question 250604</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Evaluate the exponential equation for three positive values of x, three negative values of x, and at x=0. Show your work. Use the resulting ordered pairs to plot the graph; State the equation of the line asymptotic to the graph (if any). Please help solve, and I will graph it.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = 5 ^x-3 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #185061 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=drk><B>drk(1908)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=drk><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=185061\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Here is your original equation: y = 5 ^x-3.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let's create a table of values:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x . . . -3 . . . . -2 . . . . -1 . . . .0 . . . . .1 . . . . .2 . . . . .3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y . . (-2.992) . . (-2.96) . .(-2.8) . (-2) . . . 2 . . . . .22 . . . . 122.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There is a horizontal asymptote at Y = -3. </SPAN>\n" );
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