GROUP 4

ACTIVITY 4.3.1
GENMATH

PROBLEM NO. 2
Graph the following: y=2^x, y=3(2^x), and

y=0.12(2^x).

Make a table showing some values of x

and y.

Identify the domain and range

Make an analysis and comparison on the

3 graphs.
 y=2^x In this particular function:

a= 1 P(x)= x h = 0

DOMAIN RANGE

Domain: ℝ Range: (0, + ∞ )

The equation of the horizontal asymptote is y= 0

Graph of y=2^x

x -2 -1 0 1 2

1/4 or 1/2 or
y 1 2 4
.25 .5
MATHEMATICS CLASS

y=3(2^x) In this particular function:

a= 3 P(x)= x h = 0

DOMAIN RANGE

Domain: ℝ Range: (0, + ∞ )

The equation of the horizontal asymptote is y= 0

Graph of y=3(2^x)

x -2 -1 0 1 2

3/4 or 3/2 or
y 3 6 12
.75 1.5
MATHEMATICS CLASS

y=0.12(2^x) In this particular function:

a= 0.12 P(x)= x h = 0

DOMAIN RANGE

Domain: ℝ Range: (0, + ∞ )

The equation of the horizontal asymptote is y= 0

Graph of y=0.12(2^x)
x -2 -1 0 1 2

y .03 .06 .12 .24 .48

a. Make aTable

x -2 -1 0 1 2

y=2^x 1/4 or .25 1/2 or .5 1 2 4

y=3 (2^x) 3/4 or .75

3/2 or 1.5
3 6 12

y=0.12 (2^x) .03 .06 .12 .24 .48

All of the functions have:

Domain: ℝ
Range: (0, + ) ∞
Comparison of Graphs
y = (2^x)

y = 3(2^x)

y = 0.12(2^x)
Notice that changing the
value for a change the
vertical intercept. Since
a is multiplying the b^x
term, a acts as a vertical
stretch factor, not as a
shift. Notice also that
the long-run behavior
for all of these functions
is the same because the
growth factor did not
change and none of
these values introduced
a vertical flip.