How do you find the y intercept for #y = 1 - e^x#?

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Answer 1 · 2015-12-21T04:46:56

#(0,0)#

A #y#-intercept can be found when #x=0#.

Plug in #0# for #x# in the equation.

#y=1-e^0#

Recall that anything to the #0# power is #1#.

#y=1-1=0#

That means the intercept is at the point #(0,0)#, the origin.

We can check on a graph:

graph{1-e^x [-10, 10, -5, 5]}