SOLUTION: Write an exponential function in the form y=ab^x that goes through points (0, 12) and (2,768)

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Question 1190085: Write an exponential function in the form y=ab^x
that goes through points (0, 12) and (2,768)

Found 2 solutions by Theo, ikleyn:
Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
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your points are (0,12) and (2,768).
your equation is y = a * b ^ x.
12 is the value of y when x is equal to 0.
you get 12 = a * b^0 which becomes:
12 = a * 1 which becomes:
12 = a.
the equation becomes y = 12 * b ^ x.
y = 768 when x = 2.
the equation becomes 768 = 12 * b^2.
divide both sides of the equation by 12 to get:
64 = b^2.
take the square root of both sides of the equation to get:
64 ^ (1/2) = b
solve for b to get:
b = 8.
the equation becomes y = 12 * 8 ^ x.
that should be it.
this equation can be graphed as shown below:



you can see that, when x = 0, y = 12, and when x = 2, y = 768.
the formula is good for all values of x.
x can be negative or positive.
when x = -1, the formua becomes y = 12 * 8 ^ -1 = 1.5.
the more negative x becomes, the closer to 0 y gets.
y will never, however, be equal to 0.
y = 12 * 8 ^ -30 gets you y = 9.6935 * 10^-27,
that's a very small positive number, but it is not 0.
y will never be 0 nor will y ever be negative.


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Answer by ikleyn(52794) About Me  (Show Source):
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Write an exponential function in the form y=ab^x
that goes through points (0, 12) and (2,768)
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In this problem, it is assumed that the parameter b is a positive real number.


First, the problem says that the plot of the function goes through point (0,12).


It means that the value of the function is 12 at x= 0.


So we write  12 = a%2Ab%5E0,  but since  b%5E0 = 1 for any admittable value of b,

it implies that  a = 12.


Hence, we can write the function in the form  y = 12%2Ab%5Ex.


Next, the problem says that the plot of the function goes through point (2,768).


It means that the value of the function is 768 at x= 2.


So we write  768 = 12%2Ab%5E2.


Dividing both sides by 12, we get  b%5E2 = 768%2F12 = 64.

It implies that  b = sqrt%2864%29 = 8  (we accept positive value of the square root, only).


Finally, the function is  y = 12%2A8%5Ex.


You may check, that this function satisfies the imposed conditions.

Solved.