【指數函數圖像:y = aˣ】Exponential Functions and Graphs: y = aˣ
SketchMath 數學團隊 SketchMath Maths Team | 更新 Updated 2026-10-20
y = aˣ(a > 0, a ≠ 1)的圖像必定經過 (0, 1),並且永遠在 x 軸上方,x 軸是它的漸近線。a > 1 時圖像上升(增長);0 < a < 1 時圖像下降(衰減)。y = a⁻ˣ 的圖像是它沿 y 軸的反射。The graph of y = aˣ (a > 0, a ≠ 1) always passes through (0, 1) and stays above the x-axis, which is its asymptote. If a > 1 it rises (growth); if 0 < a < 1 it falls (decay). The graph of y = a⁻ˣ is its reflection in the y-axis.
拖動底數 a:每條 y = aˣ 都經過 (0, 1) 及 (1, a)。a 小於 1 時下降,大於 1 時上升,a = 3 即例題 1。 Drag the base a: every graph y = aˣ passes through (0, 1) and (1, a). Below 1 the curve falls, above 1 it rises, and a = 3 matches Example 1. 自己試試 → Try it yourself →
增長與衰減:y = aˣ 及 y = a⁻ˣ Growth and Decay: y = aˣ and y = a⁻ˣ
a > 1 時,y = aˣ 的圖像上升(增長)。y = a⁻ˣ = (1/a)ˣ 的圖像是它沿 y 軸的鏡像,所以下降(衰減)。兩者都經過 (0, 1)。
For a > 1 the graph of y = aˣ rises (growth). The graph of y = a⁻ˣ = (1/a)ˣ is its mirror image in the y-axis, so it falls (decay). Both pass through (0, 1).
拖動 a:藍色的增長曲線與紅色的衰減曲線永遠沿 y 軸互為鏡像。 Drag a: the blue growth graph and the red decay graph are always mirror images in the y-axis. 自己試試 → Try it yourself →
加上常數,y = aˣ + c,整個圖像向上移 c 個單位。漸近線由 y = 0 變成 y = c,y 截距變成 1 + c。
Adding a constant, y = aˣ + c, moves the whole graph up by c. The asymptote moves from y = 0 to y = c and the y-intercept becomes 1 + c.
拖動 c:紅色虛線的漸近線隨圖像移動,綠色的 y 截距是 1 + c。c = 1 即例題 2。 Drag c: the red dashed asymptote moves with the graph, and the green y-intercept is 1 + c. c = 1 is Example 2. 自己試試 → Try it yourself →
⚠️ aˣ 永遠不會等於 0 aˣ never reaches 0圖像可以無限接近 x 軸,但永不接觸,所以 aˣ = 0 沒有解。The graph gets as close to the x-axis as you like but never touches it, so aˣ = 0 has no solution.
⚠️ 反射的方向 Which direction is the reflection?y = 2⁻ˣ 是 y = 2ˣ 沿 y 軸的反射;y = −2ˣ 才是沿 x 軸的反射。y = 2⁻ˣ is the reflection of y = 2ˣ in the y-axis, while y = −2ˣ is the reflection in the x-axis.
一條經過 (0, 1) 並永遠在 x 軸上方的平滑曲線:a > 1 時上升,0 < a < 1 時下降。
A smooth curve through (0, 1) that is always above the x-axis: rising if a > 1 and falling if 0 < a < 1.
底數為負數時,分數指數會沒有定義;a = 1 則得常數函數 y = 1。
A negative base gives undefined values for fractional x, and a = 1 gives the constant function y = 1.
對數是它的反函數:y = log_a x 是 y = aˣ 沿直線 y = x 的反射。
The logarithm is its inverse: y = log_a x is the reflection of y = a^x in the line y = x.