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Which set of ordered pairs could be generated by an exponential function?
(negative 1, negative one-half), (0, 0), (1, one-half), (2, 1)
(–1, –1), (0, 0), (1, 1), (2, 8)
(negative 1, one-half), (0, 1), (1, 2), (2, 4)
(–1, 1), (0, 0), (1, 1), (2, 4)

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The third set: (−1, 1/2), (0, 1), (1, 2), (2, 4).

Reason: an exponential function has form y = a·b^x, so y(0)=a. That eliminates any set with y(0)=0. In the third set y values have constant ratio 2 between consecutive x, giving y = 1·2^x (since y(0)=1 and each step multiplies by 2).