Graph Using a Table of Values y=-3^x

$y = - 3^{x}$

Step 1

Substitute $- 2$ for $x$ and find the result for $y$ .

$y = - 3^{- 2}$

Step 2

Simplify $- 3^{- 2}$ .

Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

$y = - \frac{1}{3^{2}}$

Raise $3$ to the power of $2$ .

$y = - \frac{1}{9}$

Step 3

Substitute $- 1$ for $x$ and find the result for $y$ .

$y = - 3^{- 1}$

Step 4

Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

$y = - \frac{1}{3}$

Step 5

Substitute $0$ for $x$ and find the result for $y$ .

$y = - 3^{0}$

Step 6

Simplify $- 3^{0}$ .

Anything raised to $0$ is $1$ .

$y = - 1 \cdot 1$

Multiply $- 1$ by $1$ .

$y = - 1$

Step 7

Substitute $1$ for $x$ and find the result for $y$ .

$y = - 3^{1}$

Step 8

Simplify $- 3^{1}$ .

Evaluate the exponent.

$y = - 1 \cdot 3$

Multiply $- 1$ by $3$ .

$y = - 3$

Step 9

Substitute $2$ for $x$ and find the result for $y$ .

$y = - 3^{2}$

Step 10

Simplify $- 3^{2}$ .

Raise $3$ to the power of $2$ .

$y = - 1 \cdot 9$

Multiply $- 1$ by $9$ .

$y = - 9$

Step 11

This is a table of possible values to use when graphing the equation.

$\begin{array}{c} x & y \\ - 2 & - \frac{1}{9} \\ - 1 & - \frac{1}{3} \\ 0 & - 1 \\ 1 & - 3 \\ 2 & - 9 \end{array}$

Step 12

Graph Using a Table of Values y=-3^x

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