document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=266553>Question 266553</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).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=-(1/5)^x </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x . . . . (-3) . . . . . (-2) . . . . . (-1) . . . . . (0) . . . . (1) . . . . . . . . (2) . . . . . (3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y . . . .(-125) . . . .(-25) . . . . (-5) . . . . .(-1) . . . .(-1/5) . . . .(-1/25) . . .(-1/125)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The asymptotic line is y = 0<BR>\n" );
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