Fill in the blank with one of the words or phrases listed below. Some words or phrases may be used more than once. $$\begin{array} { l l l l }
\text { inverse } & \text { common } & \text { composition symmetric } & \text { exponential } \
\text { vertical } & \text { logarithmic } & \text { natural half-life } & \text { horizontal }
\end{array}$$
-A function of the form $f ( x ) = b ^ { x }$ is called $a ( n )$ـــــــــ function if $\mathrm { b } 0$, $\mathrm { b }$ is not 1 , and $\mathrm { x }$ is a real number.
A) logarithmic
B) symmetric
C) exponential
D) inverse

Question

Fill in the blank with one of the words or phrases listed below. Some words or phrases may be used more than once. $$\begin{array} { l l l l } 
\text { inverse } & \text { common } & \text { composition symmetric } & \text { exponential } \
\text { vertical } & \text { logarithmic } & \text { natural half-life } & \text { horizontal }
\end{array}$$
-A function of the form $f ( x ) = b ^ { x }$ is called $a ( n )$ـــــــــ function if $\mathrm { b } > 0$, $\mathrm { b }$ is not 1 , and $\mathrm { x }$ is a real number.
A) logarithmic
B) symmetric
C) exponential
D) inverse

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

A function of the form $f(x) = b^x$ is called an exponential function, characterized by a base $b$ that is a positive real number not equal to 1, and an exponent $x$ that is a real number.

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