How do you graph $y = 2^{x}$ $y =2^x$ by plotting points?

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Answer 1 · 2016-06-09T10:11:05

The process for drawing any graph is the same.

Draw a table and choose some x-values, some negative, 0 and some positive.

Calculate the y value obtained using each of the x-values.

$x: -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4$ $"x: -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4"$
$y: 1/8 1/4 1/2 1 2 4 8 16$ $"y: 1/8 1/4 1/2 1 2 4 8 16"$

Now plot each point.
This graph is a curve, so join the points with a smooth free-hand line.

How do you graph y=2xy =2^x by plotting points?