Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

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

Chapter 4 - Section 4.2 - The Natural Exponential Function - 4.2 Exercises - Page 341: 16

Answer

Domain: $(-\infty, \infty)$ Range: $(-\infty, -2)$ Horizontal Asymptote: $y=-2$

Work Step by Step

To graph the following exponential function we will first graph its base (the parent function) and apply a transformations. As we know the graph of $g(x)=e^x$ is the black dotted graph in the image. First we apply the following: $g(x)=-e^x$. Which means to reflect the parent graph about $x$-axis. Shown in the image as a green graph. Then we can get $g(x)=-e^{x-1}$ by shifting the previous graph to the right by 1 unit. So we will get the blue graph in the image. And finally apply last transformation $g(x)=-e^{x-1}-2$ and graph it by shifting the previous graph downwards by $2$ units. Which is presented by the red graph in the image. As we have no restrictions domain of the function is $(−\infty,\infty)$. It has range of $(-\infty, -2)$ And a horizontal asymptote of $y=-2$
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