document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=60086>Question 60086</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this equation. I have to graph the exponential function <BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-(3/2)x. x is the eponent that I have to plug into the function. My table has the integers -2,-1,0,1,2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "My table has the integers -2,-1,0,1,2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Just do what it says:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -(3/2)^-2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a neg exponent indicates the reciprocal same as<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = - (2/3)^2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = - (4/9)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in your table: x = -2; y = -(4/9)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Do the same when x = -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -(3/2)^-1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Neg exponent, the reciprocal again<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -(2/3)^1 or just y = = -(2/3)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in your table x = -1, y = -(2/3)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 0 is easy, any number ^0 is equal to 1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in your table x = 0; y = -1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = +1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -(3/2)^1 is just y = -(3/2)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let you do y = -(3/2)^2. Your graph should look like this:<BR>\n" );
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