Arrange the following in ascending order of their values at x=2.
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Solution
Given f(x) of the form f(x)=ax;a>1
For any two exponential functions f(x)=ax1&g(x)=ax2 where a2>a1, we can have the graph drawn for them as:
Clearly, for xi>0 a2>a1⇒axi2>axi1
Thus, for x=2, we can arrange them in ascending order as: 1.2x<2x<2.5x<3.2x<3.7x