SOLUTION: Sketch the graph of y=4^x Name the graph and show all intercepts with the axes.

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Question 1040739: Sketch the graph of y=4^x Name the graph and show all intercepts with the axes.
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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y=4^x
use x=-1,0, and 1
4^-1=1/4
4^0=1
4^1=4.
the y-intercept is 1.
There is no x-intercept. 4^-100000, for example is very close to zero, and the asymptote is 0, meaning as x approaches-oo, the function approaches 0.
It is an exponential function.
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