\(\bf f(x)=log\left( \cfrac{x}{8} \right)\\\\
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\textit{x-intercept, setting f(x)=0}
\\\\
0=log\left( \cfrac{x}{8} \right)\implies 0=log(x)-log(8)\implies log(8)=log(x)
\\\\
8=x\\\\
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\(\bf \textit{y-intercept, is setting x=0}\\
\textit{wait just a second!, a logarithm never gives 0}
\\\\
log_{{ a}}{{ b}}=y \iff {{ a}}^y={{ b}}\qquad\qquad
% exponential notation 2nd form
{{ a}}^y={{ b}}\iff log_{{ a}}{{ b}}=y
\\\\
\textit{now, what exponent for "a" can give you a zero? none}\\
\textit{so, there's no y-intercept, because "x" is never 0 in }\frac{x}{8}\\
\textit{that will make the fraction to 0, and a}\\
\textit{logarithm will never give that, 0 or a negative}\\\\\)
\(\bf -----------------------------\\\\
domain
\\\\
\textit{since whatever value "x" is, cannot make the fraction}\\
\textit{negative or become 0, , then the domain is }x\ \textgreater \ 0\\\\
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range
\\\\
\textit{those values for "x", will spit out, pretty much}\\
\textit{any "y", including negative exponents, thus}\\
\textit{range is }(-\infty,+\infty)\)
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now on 2)
\(\bf f(x)=\cfrac{3}{x^4}\) if the denominator has a higher degree than the numerator, the horizontal asymptote is y = 0, or the x-axis,
in this case, the numerator has a degree of 0, the denominator has 4, thus y = 0
vertical asymptotes occur when the denominator is 0, that is, when the fraction becomes undefined, and for this one, that occurs at \(x^4=0\implies x=0\) or the y-axis
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now on 3)
\(\bf f(x)=\cfrac{1}{x}\)
now, let's see some transformations templates
\(\bf \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \textit{function transformations}
\\ \quad \\
\begin{array}{rllll}
% left side templates
f(x)=&{{ A}}({{ B}}x+{{ C}})+{{ D}}
\\ \quad \\
y=&{{ A}}({{ B}}x+{{ C}})+{{ D}}
\\ \quad \\
f(x)=&{{ A}}\sqrt{{{ B}}x+{{ C}}}+{{ D}}
\\ \quad \\
f(x)=&{{ A}}\mathbb{R}^{{{ B}}x+{{ C}}}+{{ D}}
\end{array}\)
\(\bf \begin{array}{llll}
% right side info
\bullet \textit{ stretches or shrinks horizontally by } {{ A}}\cdot {{ B}}\\
\bullet \textit{ horizontal shift by }\frac{{{ C}}}{{{ B}}}\\
\qquad if\ \frac{{{ C}}}{{{ B}}}\textit{ is negative, to the right}\\
\qquad if\ \frac{{{ C}}}{{{ B}}}\textit{ is positive, to the left}\\
\bullet \textit{ vertical shift by }{{ D}}\\
\qquad if\ {{ D}}\textit{ is negative, downwards}\\
\qquad if\ {{ D}}\textit{ is positive, upwards}
\end{array}\)
now, let's take a peek at g(x)
\(\bf \begin{array}{lcllll}
g(x)=&-&\cfrac{1}{x}&+3\\
&\uparrow &&\uparrow \\
&\textit{upside down}&&
\begin{array}{llll}
\textit{vertical shift up}\\
\textit{by 3 units}
\end{array}
\end{array}\)
