Q. Write an exponential function in the form y=abx that goes through the points (0,16) and (9,8192).Answer:
Find 'a' value: Use the first point (0,16) to find the value of 'a'.The general form of an exponential function is y=abx. If we plug in x=0 and y=16, we get:16=ab0Since any number to the power of 0 is 1, we have:16=a×1Therefore, a=16.
Find 'b' value: Use the second point (9,8192) to find the value of 'b'.Now we know that a=16, we can substitute this value into the equation using the second point (9,8192):8192=16b9To solve for b, we divide both sides by 16:168192=b9512=b9Now we need to find the ninth root of 512 to solve for b:a=160Calculating the ninth root of 512 gives us:a=162
Write final function: Write the final exponential function.Now that we have both a and b, we can write the exponential function:y=16×2xThis is the function that goes through the points (0,16) and (9,8192).
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