The graph is throughout its domain and has at the x–axis because the value bx can get very close to 0 but never reach it.

The value b^x can approach 0 without ever becoming 0, so the graph gets closer and closer to the x-axis but does not touch it. A line the graph approaches in this way is an asymptote, so the x-axis is a horizontal asymptote.

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