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OpenStudy (osanseviero):

Logarithm function question

OpenStudy (osanseviero):

The graphic of this function passes through P(3,1) \[F(x)=\log_{a}x \] Where a>0. What is a?

hartnn (hartnn):

so, x = 3 and f(3) =1 \(1 = \log_a 3 \) got this ?

hartnn (hartnn):

now use \(\Large \log_mn=p \implies n = m^p \)

OpenStudy (osanseviero):

Ok, got the first right...

OpenStudy (osanseviero):

3=a

hartnn (hartnn):

correct! :)

OpenStudy (osanseviero):

if I did y=f(x+1), what would happen?

OpenStudy (osanseviero):

to the graphic, retricemptote, and domain?

OpenStudy (osanseviero):

everything will go one to the right?

OpenStudy (osanseviero):

or one up?

hartnn (hartnn):

x ----> x+1 the graph moves one to left

OpenStudy (ranga):

For a > 0, f(x - a) moves f(x) to the right by a units; f(x + a) moves f(x) to the left by a units.

OpenStudy (ranga):

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OpenStudy (osanseviero):

So the domain would be from -1 to infinite, the retriceptote would be x=-1

OpenStudy (osanseviero):

and now this would pass through (0,0) instead of (1,0) :D

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