There is no slope the y axis is the same in both
The answer to 4\|256 is 4, since we can find the square root of 256, which is 16, we can find the square root of the square root, which is 4, so, 4^4 is 256 is your answer
The set of x values of a function is another name for domain. and the set of y values of a function is another name for range.
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