Question 250970
what is the exponential equation that you started with?


i didn't see one.


y = 3*(x+4) is not exponential.


is that your original equation?


is your original equation something else?


y = 3*(x+4) is the equation of a straight line.


that would look like this:


{{{graph(600,600,-10,10,-10,10,3*(x+4))}}}


an exponential equation would be in the form of:


y = b^x where b is the base and x is the exponent that the base is being raised to.


an example would be:


y = 3^(x+3) where 3 is the base and x+3 is the exponent.


use the ^ symbol to indicate exponentiation.


use parentheses to keep the exponent together if it is an expression with more than 1 term in it.


y^x is ok.


y^x+1 is not ok.  it should be written as y^(x+1) to make certain that the whole expression is the exponent.