Section Objectives

After you have completed this section, you will be able to:

1. Identify and sketch the parent function y = b^x.
2. Investigate the effects of changes each of the four values (a, c, h, and k) make on the parent function.
3. Based on the investigation, describe the changes that are made.
4. Predict what a graph will look like given various values of a, c, h, and k.
5. Determine the domain and range of an exponential function.

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