Fill in the Blank with One of the Words or Phrases

question 158

Multiple Choice

Fill in the blank with one of the words or phrases listed below. Some words or phrases may be used more than once. $$\begin{array} { l l l l } \text { inverse } & \text { common } & \text { composition symmetric } & \text { exponential } \\\text { vertical } & \text { logarithmic } & \text { natural half-life } & \text { horizontal }\end{array}$$
- $\mathrm { A } ( \mathrm { n } )$ ـــــــــــــــfunction is a function that can be defined by $f ( x ) = \log _ { b } x$ , where $x$ is a positive real number, $b$ is a constant positive real number, and $b$ is not 1 .

• A) logarithmic
• B) symmetric
• C) exponential
• D) inverse

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