Answer:
The third table is the correct answer
Step-by-step explanation:
Here in this question, we are concerned with determine which of the tables correctly represents what an exponential function is.
An exponential function is a function of the form;
y = x^n
where the independent variable x in this case is raised to a certain exponent so as to give the results on the dependent variable axis (y-axis)
In the table, we can see that we have 2 segments, one that contains digits 1,2 and so on while the other contains purely the powers of 10.
Now, let’s set up an exponential outlook;
y = 10^x
So we have;
1 = 10^0
10 = 10^1
1/10 = 10^-1
1000 = 10^3
1/100 = 10^-2
We can clearly see here that we have an increase in the value of y, depending on the value of the exponent.
However it is only this table that responds to this successive correctness as the other tables in the answer do have a point where they fail.
For example;
10^-2 is not 10 which makes the fourth table wrong
10^4 is not 100 which makes the first table wrong
we have same error on second table too
