How do you graph $y=log_(1/2)x$ ?

Question

1477 views around the world

You can reuse this answer
Creative Commons License

Answer 1 · 2016-08-14T15:47:16

Map x against y using $x = (1/2)^y, y = ...-4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, ..$ .

The inverse relation is $x = (1/2)^y$ .

Use the Table

$(x, y) = ((1/2)^y, y):$

... $(16,-41) (8, -3) (4, -2) (2, -1) (1, 0)$

$, (1/2, 1) (1/4, 2) (1/8, 3) (1/16, 4) ...,$

How do you graph y=log_(1/2)xy=log_(1/2)x?