SOLUTION: Help! Graph y=3e^x

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Question 563869: Help! Graph y=3e^x
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it goes up very quickly.
assume e is equal to 2.718281828...
x is he exponent that e is raised to.
equation is y = 3*e^x
when x = -3, y = .15
when x = -2, y = .41
when x = -1, y = 1.1
when x = 0, y = 3
when x = 1, y = 8.15
when x = 2, y = 22.17
when x = 3, y = 60.26
when x = 4, y = 163.79
when x = 5, y = 445.24
the further positive x becomes, the further positive y = e^x becomes.
the further negative x becomes, the closer to 0 y becomes.
y = 3e^-20 would be equal to 6.18 * 10^-9.
y = 3e^-50 would be equal to 5.78 * 10^-22