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Ch. 2 - Limits
Briggs - Calculus: Early Transcendentals 3rd Edition
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Capitolo 2, Problema 2.14

Describe the end behavior of g(x) = e-2x.

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Consider the function \(g(x) = e^{-2x}\).
Recall that the exponential function \(e^x\) has a horizontal asymptote at \(y = 0\) as \(x \to -\infty\).
For \(g(x) = e^{-2x}\), as \(x \to \infty\), the exponent \(-2x\) becomes very large and negative, making \(e^{-2x}\) approach 0.
As \(x \to -\infty\), the exponent \(-2x\) becomes very large and positive, making \(e^{-2x}\) grow without bound.
Thus, the end behavior of \(g(x)\) is: as \(x \to \infty\), \(g(x) \to 0\); as \(x \to -\infty\), \(g(x) \to \infty\).

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