Exponential graphs are graphs in the form \(y = k^x\). These graphs increase rapidly in the \(y\) direction and will never fall below the \(x\)-axis.

A translation is a shift of the graph either horizontally parallel to the \(x\)-axis or vertically parallel to the \(y\)-axis. If \(f(x) = x^2\), then \(f(x) + a = x^2 + a\). The value of \(a\) ...