f(x) = x - 8.
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~the function is most likely inversely proportional. ~more input results in less output.
To increase something means to make it bigger, and to decrease something means to make it smaller. These are used often with numerical values (numbers), e.g. I increased (made bigger) 20 to 30. Here I am increasing by 10, etc.
fourteen less than three fourths of a number is negative eight find the number
If the first derivative of a function is greater than 0 on an interval, then the function is increasing on that interval. If the first derivative of a function is less than 0 on an interval, then the function is decreasing on that interval. If the second derivative of a function is greater than 0 on an interval, then the function is concave up on that interval. If the second derivative of a function is less than 0 on an interval, then the function is concave down on that interval.
An exponential function such as y=b^x increases as x goes to infinity for all values in the domain. That is, the function increases from left to right anywhere you look on the graph, as long as the base b is greater than 1. This is called a "Growth" function. However, the graph is decreasing as x goes to infinity if (a) the opposite value of the input is programmed into the function, as in y=b^-x, or if (b) the base is less than 1, as in y=(1/2)^x.