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Decide if the function is an exponential growth function or exponential decay function, and describe its end behavior using

limits.

Y=(1/6) ^-x

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The given function is an exponential growth function, not an exponential decay function because as the exponent x increases, the value of y also increases instead of decreasing.

To describe its end behavior using limits, we need to find the limit of the function as x approaches infinity and as x approaches negative infinity.

As x approaches infinity, the exponent -x approaches negative infinity, and the base (1/6) is raised to increasingly larger negative powers, causing the function to approach zero. So, the limit as x approaches infinity is 0.

As x approaches negative infinity, the exponent -x approaches infinity, and the base (1/6) is raised to increasingly larger positive powers, causing the function to approach infinity. So, the limit as x approaches negative infinity is infinity.

Therefore, the end behavior of the function is that it approaches zero as x approaches infinity and approaches infinity as x approaches negative infinity.

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