Question

Which graph represents an exponential function?

Use the images to answer the question.

(1 point)
Responses

A coordinate plane goes fromnegative 5 to 5 on the x-axis in intervals of 1 and from negative 16 to 4 on the y-axis in intervals of 2.
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Image with description A coordinate plane goes fromnegative 5 to 5 on the x-axis in intervals of 1 and from negative 16 to 4 on the y-axis in intervals of 2.

A coordinate plane goes from negative 5 to 5 on the x-axis in intervals of 1 and from negative 5 to 5 on the y-axis in intervals of 1.
▶Click for Long Desc
Image with description A coordinate plane goes from negative 5 to 5 on the x-axis in intervals of 1 and from negative 5 to 5 on the y-axis in intervals of 1.

A coordinate plane goes from negative 5 to 5 on the x-axis in intervals of 1 and from negative 5 to 5 on the y-axis in intervals of 1.
▶Click for Long Desc
Image with description A coordinate plane goes from negative 5 to 5 on the x-axis in intervals of 1 and from negative 5 to 5 on the y-axis in intervals of 1.

A coordinate plane goes from negative 5 to 5 on the x-axis in intervals of 1 and from negative 5 to 5 on the y-axis in intervals of 1.
▶Click for Long Desc
Image with description A coordinate plane goes from negative 5 to 5 on the x-axis in intervals of 1 and from negative 5 to 5 on the y-axis in intervals of 1.

Answer 1

I can’t see the four graphs from your description. Please either upload the images or describe each graph’s shape (for each choice say whether it’s a straight line, parabola, curve that rises/falls and whether it has a horizontal asymptote or crosses the x‑axis).

Tips to identify an exponential function:
- It’s a curved graph that is monotonic (always increasing or always decreasing).
- It has a horizontal asymptote (usually y = 0) — the curve approaches but doesn’t cross that horizontal line.
- Growth/decay is multiplicative: it rises slowly then very quickly (growth) or falls quickly then levels off (decay).
- It is not symmetric like a parabola and not a straight line.

If one of the choices shows a curve that hugs the x‑axis on one side and then quickly rises (or falls) on the other side, that choice is the exponential. Tell me which option matches that description and I’ll pick the correct letter.