Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 4 - Review - Test - Page 391: 1

Answer

For the graphs of these functions, see the image below. (a) $f(x)=2^{-x}+4$ Domain : $(-\infty, \infty)$ Range : $(4, \infty)$ Asymptote : It has horizontal asymptote $y=4$ (b) $g(x)=\log_3(x+3)$ Domain : $(-3, \infty)$ Range : $(-\infty, \infty)$ Asymptote : It has vertical asymptote $x=-3$

Work Step by Step

(a) $f(x)=2^{-x}+4$ We have no restrictions, so the domain is: $(-\infty, \infty)$ The first part of this function ($2^{-x}$) is always more than $0$. For infinitely large values it gets infinitely small non-negative value (it approaches $0$), For infinitely small (negative) values it gets infinitely large value, so the range of this function is: $(4, \infty)$ As mentioned earlier the value of the function approaches but never gets less than $4$, so It has horizontal asymptote $y=4$ The graph of this function has no $x$-intercept. For $y$-intercept see the image above. (b) $g(x)=\log_3(x+3)$ Due to the definition of logarithms $x+3\gt0$ => $x\gt-3$, so the domain is: $(-3, \infty)$ It has range of: $(-\infty, \infty)$ Asymptote : It has vertical asymptote $x=-3$, simply because the argument of a logarithm can't be equal or less than $0$, so it approaches but never crosses the line.
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