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Would this be (0, -1) since if b is greater than 1 but it is also -2

Would this be (0, -1) since if b is greater than 1 but it is also -2-example-1
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The y-intercept is the point where the graph cuts the y-axis. The y-axis is the line x = 0, therefore, to find the y-coordinate of this point we just need to evaluate x = 0 in our function.


\begin{gathered} y(x)=b^x-2 \\ y(0)=b^0-2 \end{gathered}

Any nonzero real number raised to the power of zero is one, therefore


y(0)=b^0-2=1-2=-1

The y-intercept is (0, -1).

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