To determine which exponential equation contains the points given in the table, let's analyze the provided points:
- When \( x = -2 \), \( y = 5,000,000 \).
- When \( x = 1 \), \( y = 0.625 \).
Let's assume an exponential model of the form:
\[ y = a \cdot b^x \]
We'll use the points to find the values of \( a \) and \( b \).
From the second point \( (1, 0.625) \): \[ 0.625 = a \cdot b^1 \quad \text{(1)} \]
From the first point \( (-2, 5,000,000) \): \[ 5,000,000 = a \cdot b^{-2} \quad \text{(2)} \]
From equation (1), we can express \( a \) as: \[ a = 0.625 / b \quad \text{(3)} \]
Substituting (3) into equation (2): \[ 5,000,000 = \left(\frac{0.625}{b}\right) \cdot b^{-2} \] \[ 5,000,000 = 0.625 \cdot b^{-3} \]
Rearranging this gives: \[ b^{-3} = \frac{5,000,000}{0.625} \] \[ b^{-3} = 8,000,000 \] Taking the reciprocal: \[ b^3 = \frac{1}{8,000,000} \]
Now, we can find \( b \): \[ b = \left(\frac{1}{8,000,000}\right)^{\frac{1}{3}} \approx 0.000125 \]
Now substituting \( b \) back into equation (1) to find \( a \): \[ 0.625 = a \cdot 0.000125 \] \[ a = \frac{0.625}{0.000125} = 5000 \]
Thus, the equation we have looks like this: \[ y = 5000 \cdot (0.000125)^x \]
To match the choices given, let's adjust for easier comparisons. Since \( 0.000125 = 0.005^3 \), the equation can be represented as: \[ y = 125 \cdot 0.005^x \]
Now we can check against the response options:
- y = 125 ⋅ 0.005^x
- y = -125 ⋅ 0.005^x
- y = 125 ⋅ -0.005^x
- y = 0.0625^x
The equation \( y = 125 \cdot 0.005^x \) corresponds to our derived equation.
Thus, the correct exponential equation is:
y = 125 ⋅ 0.005^x
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