SOLUTION: Fill in Table A for the exponential function y=3^x Use the "inverse property" to fill in Table B. Table A- (x)[-1,0,1,2] (y=3^x)[MUST FILL IN] Table B-(x)[MUST FILL IN] (i

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Question 1140124: Fill in Table A for the exponential function y=3^x Use the "inverse property" to fill in Table B.
Table A- (x)[-1,0,1,2] (y=3^x)[MUST FILL IN]
Table B-(x)[MUST FILL IN] (inverse)[MUST FILL IN]
b. Plot the points from TABLE B t sketch a graph of the inverse
c. Use your graph from (b) to give the natural domain and range of the inverse

Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, rothauserc:
Answer by MathLover1(20849) About Me  (Show Source):
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Table A-
x|y=3%5Ex
-1|1%2F3...y=3%5E-1=1%2F3
0|1........y=3%5E0=1
1|3.......y=3%5E1=3
2+|9........y=3%5E2=9




Table B-
first find the inverse:
y=3%5Ex........swap x and y
x=3%5Ey..........solve for y, take a log of both sides
log%28x%29=log%283%5Ey%29
log%28x%29=ylog%283%29
y=log%28x%29%2Flog%283%29
x|y
-1|y.............y=log%28-1%29%2Flog%283%29->no real solution
0|y.............y=log%280%29%2Flog%283%29=-infinity->-∞
1|0.............y=log%281%29%2Flog%283%29=0
2|0.63.............y=log%282%29%2Flog%283%29=0.63
b. Plot the points from TABLE B t sketch a graph of the inverse



c. Use your graph from (b) to give the natural domain and range of the inverse
domain :{ x element R : x%3E0 } (all positive real numbers)
and
range: R+(all real numbers)


Answer by rothauserc(4718) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
y = 3^x
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domain of this function is all real numbers, the function does not cross the x-axis, therefore there are no roots (x-intercepts)
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here is a graph of the equation y = 3^x
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+graph%28+300%2C+200%2C+-2%2C+2%2C+-1%2C+10%2C+3%5Ex%29+
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the real solution for the inverse, interchange x and y and solve for y
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x = 3^y
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take the natural logarithm of both sides of =
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ln(x) = y * ln(3)
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y = ln(x)/ln(3)
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f^(-1) (x) = ln(x)/ln(3) for x > 0
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here is a graph of the inverse
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+graph%28+600%2C+500%2C+-2.731%2C+2.731%2C+-2.5%2C+1%2C+ln%28x%29%2Fln%283%29%29+
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