How do you graph #y=1.1(0.1)^x#?

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Hazel Anglin · Accepted Answer

Note that the graph is exponentially decaying and find some points through which it goes, to find that it is very steep for negative values of #x# and very flat for positive values.

This graph is very steep for negative values of #x# and very flat for positive values of #x#, passing through the points: #(-2, 110)#, #(-1, 11)#, #(0, 1.1)#, #(1, 0.11)#, #(2, 0.01)# graph{1.1*(0.1)^x [-5.23, 4.77, -0.95, 4.05]} Note that reversing the sign of #x# or replacing the #0.1# with #10# results in the mirror image graph: graph{1.1*(10)^x [-5.23, 4.77, -0.95, 4.05]} For practical purposes, it is often more useful to graph the common logarithm of the function instead, #log(y) = log(1.1(0.1)^x)) = log(1.1)+x log(0.1)# #= log(1.1)-x ~~ 0.04139-x# graph{log(1.1(0.1)^x) [-2, 3, -1.12, 1.38]} Graphing the #log# of the function is basically the same as graphing the original function on paper with a logarithmic vertical scale.