SOLUTION: Hello I'm confused on 2 of my homework problems; If the equation {{{ y=2^x }}} is graphed, which of the following values of x would produce a point closest to the x-axis? A.{{{ 1

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Question 735892: Hello I'm confused on 2 of my homework problems;
If the equation is graphed, which of the following values of x would produce a point closest to the x-axis? A. B. C. D.
and
What is the value of ?
Thanks.

Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, MathLover1:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Closest to the x-axis means the smallest
value of .
The smallest value of will give you the
smallest value of .
A. should be the right answer
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This says
The answer is

Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the equation is graphed, which of the following values of x would produce a point closest to the x-axis? A. B. C. D.

....plug in given values

.....for

.....for

.....for

.....for

so, a point closest to the x-axis would be for A.: (,)

see it on a graph:

2.
let the value of be
we are actually looking for ...solve for

so,