Philippine Academy of Sakya

High School Mathematics Department

HS Math 4 Advanced Algebra

Name:___________________________________________Date:_______________Score:__________ Section:____________________________ Parents signature:_____________________ Topic: Irrational Exponents, Exponential Functions Worksheet No.16 SW AS

1.1) Arrange the following from least to greatest: pattern that can be observed? 1.2) Suppose a, b are real numbers with . Which is greater,

. Is there a or ?

1.3) In the standard Cartesian coordinate plane, plot some values of . Use 1.1) as a guide. Try to estimate the graph to include all real numbers x as the Domain. 1.4) What are the x and y-intercepts of , if any? Is a function? 1.5) Compute the value of up to 4 decimal places. If , where a, b are real numbers with exactly TWO decimal places, find their value. If instead a, b have exactly THREE decimal places, what would be their value? Remember: If there is no obvious way to approach a problem, experiment. Many great discoveries come from experimentation. Important: Let . Informally, if r is any irrational number, is defined as the real number that is obtained by squeezing repeatedly without end the number and , where a, b are rational approximations of r. . We want to define the real numbers and . Firstly Example: to lie between

. Perform three squeezes: i.) , ii.) , iii.) , and so on. More squeezes will yield better approximations to its TRUE value. On the other hand, since 2) Find the value of for i.) , ii.) 3.1) Sketch the graph of If , where function is increasing if function of the form , , by inverting the inequality in iii.)

up to ten decimal places. Then, perform five squeezes to find bounds , iii.) (Use the fact that ). is a one-to-one function. . If x gets larger and larger, what happens to y? , then this function describes an exponential function. This , and decreasing if . This function is one-to-one. A represents a more general exponential function. ? For each exponential function,

3.2) Use the Horizontal Line Test to verify that

4.1) Which of the following are exponential functions write them in the form .

a.) , b.) , c.) , d.) , e.) 4.2) (BOOK EXERCISE) On pages 331 to 332, answer Mental Math numbers 1 10. 5.1) Construct a table of ordered pairs for each exponential function . Additionally, write each exponential function in the form a.) , b.) , c.) , d.) . , e.) , f.) , g.)

5.2) Graph each exponential function in 5.1) by using the table of ordered pairs as a guide.