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Example Question #131 : Mathematical Relationships And Basic Graphs
What are the x-intercepts of the equation?
There are no horizontal asymptotes.
To find the x-intercepts, we set the numerator equal to zero and solve.
However, the square root of a number can be both positive and negative.
Therefore the roots will be
Example Question #132 : Mathematical Relationships And Basic Graphs
What are the x-intercepts of the equation?
There are no x-intercepts.
There are no real x-intercepts.
To find the x-intercepts, set the numerator equal to zero.
Example Question #1 : Solving Exponential Equations
Solve the equation for .
Begin by recognizing that both sides of the equation have a root term of .
Using the power rule, we can set the exponents equal to each other.
Example Question #141 : Algebra Ii
The population of a certain bacteria increases exponentially according to the following equation:
where P represents the total population and t represents time in minutes.
How many minutes does it take for the bacteria's population to reach 48,000?
The question gives us P (48,000) and asks us to find t (time). We can substitute for P and start to solve for t:
Now we have to isolate t by taking the natural log of both sides:
And since , t can easily be isolated:
Note: does not equal . You have to perform the log operation first before dividing.
Example Question #11 : Solving Functions
Solve the equation for .
Begin by recognizing that both sides of the equation have the same root term, .
We can use the power rule to combine exponents.
Set the exponents equal to each other.
Example Question #131 : Mathematical Relationships And Basic Graphs
Solve for :
Pull an out of the left side of the equation.
Use the difference of squares technique to factor the expression in parentheses.
Any number that causes one of the terms , , or to equal is a solution to the equation. These are , , and , respectively.
Example Question #1 : Graphing Exponential Functions
Find the -intercept(s) of .
This function does not cross the -axis.
To find the -intercept, set in the equation and solve.
Example Question #1 : Graphing Exponential Functions
Find the -intercept(s) of .
and
To find the -intercept(s) of , set the value equal to zero and solve.
Example Question #2 : Graphing Exponential Functions
Find the -intercept(s) of .
and
and
and
To find the -intercept(s) of , we need to set the numerator equal to zero and solve.
First, notice that can be factored into . Now set that equal to zero: .
Since we have two sets in parentheses, there are two separate values that can cause our equation to equal zero: one where and one where .
Solve for each value:
and
.
Therefore there are two -interecpts: and .
Example Question #4 : Graphing Exponential Functions
Find the -intercept(s) of .
or
The function does not cross the -axis.
To find the -intercept(s) of , we need to set the numerator equal to zero.
That means .
The best way to solve for a funky equation like this is to graph it in your calculator and calculate the roots. The result is .