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    Gradients of curves

    Exponential functions
    Functions of the form y = a are known as exponential functions. Plotting
    x

    an exponential function is done in the same way as for other functions.

    Worked example
    Plot the graph of the function y = 2 x for –3  x  3.

    x −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3
    y 0.125 0.25 0.5 1 2 4 8

    8
    7
    6
    5
    4
    3
    2
    1

    −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3 x

    Exercise 18.7 For each of the functions below:


    i draw up a table of values of x and f(x),
    ii plot a graph of the function.
    1 f ( x) = 3 x, –3  x  3 2 f ( x ) = 1,x –3  x  3
    3 f ( x ) = 2 + 3,
    x
    –3  x  3 4 f ( x) = 3 × 2 + 2,
    x
    –3  x  3
    5 f ( x ) = 2 x − x , –3  x  3 6 f ( x ) = 3 x − x ,2 –3  x  3

    Gradients of curves
    y The gradient of a straight line is constant and is calculated by
    considering the coordinates of two of the points on the line and then
    y –y
    6 carrying out the calculation x2 – x1 as shown below:
    2 1
    5
    4 (4, 4) Gradient = 4 – 2
    4–0
    3
    (0, 2)
    2 =1
    2
    1
    The gradient of a curve, however, is not constant: its slope changes. To
    –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 x calculate the gradient of a curve at a specific point, the following steps
    need to be taken:
    • draw a tangent to the curve at that point,
    • calculate the gradient of the tangent.
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