Exponentially True Or Exponentially False

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The function y = e x y=e^x has a line of reflectional symmetry.

True False

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Veselin Dimov
Jan 19, 2021

As x x\to-\infty e x 0 e^x\to 0 so the graph of the function has a horizontal asymptote. Suppose that such reflection line existed. Then e x e^x should have a sloped asymptote as x x\to\infty . For a sloped asymptote y = a x + b y=ax+b to exist for a function f ( x ) f(x) , it should satisfy lim x f ( x ) x = a \lim_{x\to\infty}\frac{f(x)}{x}=a Here a a must be a finite value. It's simple to prove that this doesn't hold for f ( x ) = e x f(x)=e^x so no sloped asymptote exists, thus a contradiction. So the statement is False.

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