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OpenStudy (snowflakelove15):

Is this correct?

OpenStudy (snowflakelove15):

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

Yes choice C is correct. Nice job.

OpenStudy (snowflakelove15):

Thank you!

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

you're welcome

OpenStudy (snowflakelove15):

@jim_thompson5910 Is this one also correct?

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

I agree that they both have asymptotes, but I don't agree that they're both exponential functions

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

one is a log, the other is an exponential

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

one has a vertical asymptote, the other has a horizontal asymptote

OpenStudy (snowflakelove15):

Are they both logarithmic functions? I can never tell the difference

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

they both have been shifted and flipped (if you compare them to the parent function)

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

the blue one is logarithmic because it has a vertical asymptote the red one is exponential. It has a horizontal asymptote

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

logs and exponents are inverses of each other. Recall that x and y swap places when you deal with inverses because of this swap, the horizontal asymptote will become vertical and vice versa

OpenStudy (snowflakelove15):

Oh so the answer would be A and D?

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

yes that is correct

OpenStudy (snowflakelove15):

Thank you! Also is this one correct?

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

look at the graph of f(x). You'll notice that it doesn't have a max. It is slowly approaching a horizontal asymptote (in this case, y = 2) and it never actually gets there.

OpenStudy (snowflakelove15):

So then g(x) = has the largest possible y-value?

OpenStudy (snowflakelove15):

So it would be B and D?

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

D is definitely true. B seems a bit odd to me. Let me think B over some more

OpenStudy (snowflakelove15):

Ok thank you!

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

f(x) has no max, but f(x) does approach 2 when x heads off to negative infinity hmm not sure about B. It seems like a trick question

OpenStudy (snowflakelove15):

Yea it does but it is multiple response.

OpenStudy (snowflakelove15):

It was B and D

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

I guess what B is trying to say is that f(x) --> 2 while x --> -infinity which is a true statement.

OpenStudy (snowflakelove15):

Is this correct

OpenStudy (snowflakelove15):

@jim_thompson5910

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

There's definitely one x intercept since y change from negative to positive. It's not clear if there's exactly 1 or more than 1

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

If this function is one-to-one, then there's exactly one x intercept. If not, then it could have more than one root

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

So there isn't enough information

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

If you were told "this function is logarithmic" or "this function is exponential", then that would be enough info to know that it is one-to-one.

OpenStudy (snowflakelove15):

Ok thank you! Is this one correct?

OpenStudy (snowflakelove15):

@jim_thompson5910

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

yes both are correct

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