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Let's start by filling out the table.
00:04
Okay, so we'll find f evaluated at negative three.
00:09
This is four to the negative third power, which is approximately 0 .02.
00:22
So we have zero comma zero two.
00:27
So when we plot that, we are at negative three and just barely above negative three.
00:35
Okay, now let's go to the next value, f evaluated at negative two.
00:40
So that's four to the negative second power, which is about zero comma zero six.
00:48
Okay, so when we plot that, we have negative two and almost at one.
00:57
So about here.
01:04
I'm sorry, i meant almost at zero comma one.
01:07
Okay, so that's closer to this point here.
01:12
Okay, let's go to the next point, f evaluated at negative one is four to the negative first power.
01:22
This is just one fourth, which is 0 .25.
01:27
Okay, so when we plot this, we have negative one and we're exactly at this intersection here.
01:36
Okay, next point, f of zero is four to the zeroth power, which is one.
01:45
Okay, so we have the point zero one, f of zero comma five is four to the zero comma five power, which is four to the one half power.
02:02
So that's the square root of four, okay, which is two.
02:08
So this is two.
02:10
So we'll plot it as one half and two.
02:18
Okay, then f of one is four to the first power, which is just four.
02:24
Okay, so we have the points one, four.
02:27
And finally, f of one comma six is four to the one comma six power, which is approximately 9 .2.
02:41
Okay, so we have nine comma two.
02:47
Okay, so that value is off the charts.
02:50
It would be somewhere around here.
02:54
Okay, so now let's connect the points.
02:59
Okay, so this is the representation in the cartesian plane.
03:03
I see that the slope is positive, which means that the function is increasing.
03:10
Another way to check if the function is increasing or decreasing is by taking the first derivative of the function.
03:18
Okay, so the first derivative is equal to four to the x power times the natural log of four.
03:28
And four to the x power is always positive.
03:31
And natural log of four is positive.
03:34
And a positive times a positive is positive.
03:37
Okay, so that means that the first derivative is always positive...