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Precalculus 21 1 Determine whether each relation represents a function If it 1s a function, state the domam and range a) {(-3.9), 3.8), (-2.4), (0,0), (1.1)} b) {(-3.9), (2.4), 1.9, (0,0), (141)} 2 For the funetion f(x)= 2x? — 3x, evaluate a) f(x) + /G) b) fx) c) f(e+3) 0 foe+h~fee h dren fa)= tt LON =1 4 Gwen (x)=, fing SEM 8C0) 3 Let f(x)=ee-+b, where m and b are constants, Find es I xt Find the following and Let f-and g be two functions defined as f(x) = Zand a= determine the domain in each ease a) (f+e)) b) (s-a)@) ©) (Ff g)@) &) (feg)@) D (gee (4 Q\ Precalculus 21 To Fwd mind wer 7 Find the domain of the function (x) And Wace hee B x A 8 If fi) f(2)=0, and f(1) 18 undefined, what are the values of A and B? ‘i x Ay? \ Arle US WZ x2 yeNt 7 xe mm of the length x of one of the legs. : yg} 9 The hypotenuse of a nght tangle is tim 7 |, \, O° 4V7=(2 a) Express the area, A, ofthe triangle as a funct ae AD=4%N7\- x? b) Whatis thedomam of AG)? COMAVLA Ve Cquicl tt toy WC rand Wav an até WAKER 8 wy > CL) / tte] v1 ¢) For what value of x 18 A(x) the maximum?—— © x= 119 AB Wasa briny d) What is the maximum area? W0.G \6 Heo MAX f 10 Ifa rock falls from a height of 20 meters on Earth, the height /7 (in meters) after x seconds 1s approximately H(x)=20-49x° a) What is the height of the rock when x= 1 second? b) When is the height of the rock 15 meters? ©) When does the rock strike the ground? IS Precalculus 21 u 12 “The figure shows the graphs of two linear functions y= f(x) and y= g(x) y ‘ 863) i z ye foo 2 3 y= ted 4 . 5 to 6 a) Wate the domam and range of each function i . f Doman Range 8 ig. Doman: Range 9 bb). Read values of g(x) from the graph and write the value inthe table above. Ifthe value of x15 out of the domam of g, write “undefined” c) The value of f(g(4)) 18 5 5 Show the two-step process by which you find this answer 4) Pat another column in the table forthe values of /(g(x)). Write “undefined” where appropriate @) Plot the values of'/(g(x)) on the figure above Ifthe pomnts do not lem a straight line, go back and check your work 1) From your graph of f(x), write the domain and range ofthe composite function (f° 8)(=) Doman, Range __ Let f(s)=a? 2 for —SSxSS and g(x)=x+3 for -1SxS1 a). Sketch the graphs of f(x) and g(x) bb) What are the domain and range of f(x) and g(x)? ¢) What are the domam and range of (fe g)(s)? Precalculus 22 1, The graph of the function 7 is given below. a) Find f-1) and f-3). b) Is) positive or negative? Is {-2.5) positive or negative? 6). For what value(s) of xis ft) = 0? ) On what interval(s) is flx) <0? £) What are the domain and range of f? 8) For what value(s) of x is fdiscontinuous? h) What is the x-intercept? i) What is the y-intereept? ) How often does the line y=-1 intersect the graph? k)_ How often does the line x= 2 intersect the graph? 1) For what value(s) of x does f(x) = 3? 1m) For what value(s) of x does f(s) = -2? nn) On what interval(s) is x) increasing? i7 a\ pas Precalculus 2. Use the graph of f to answer the following questions. py | ‘| 03.5) =12} 14 s.-2» T T a) At what value(s) of x does f have a local (relative) maximum? 0.5=% b) What are the local (relative) maxima? 9 N= {10.4 e) At what value(s) of. does have a local (relative) minimum? 24,7 6 =% 4) What are the local (relative) minima? 1 [= 4-2.) -1.2 = 4(2-¢ €) What is the absolute (global) minimum value of f'? {) At what value(s) of x does f have a minimum? A ) List the intervals on which / isi NOE2.G,0.5) UC? by ) On what interval(s) is fx) <2? \- &» J dV Q.4, Velocity: rate of change of position with respect to time y-2 2% 2% HL stone of the graph of position vs. time hoh at dt aN ‘Acceleration: rate of change of velocity with respect to time & = slope of the graph of velocity vs. time a Both velocity and acceleration are vectors. Speed is a sealar quantity. Speed=|velocity| The velocity of an object is positive if it is moving to the right or moving upward. easing, List the intervals on which f is decreasing. Y Adee. & 2 V(0.5,2.6) 18 Precalculus 22 3. Acar is moving on a straight road and a graph of its velocity over the time intervall0<1<18 feconds is shown below. Answer the following questions based on this graph. Assume that the car started from the origin, Covelocity (m/sec) ~ y5| 15) «a8, 15) 15) -15 (10,-15) (14, -15) a) Find the time intervals when the car is moving to the right. Justify your answer. THe yd var is) because vA) b) Find the time intervals when the car is moving to the left. Justify your answer 1 partive \w CE IB) Vecause VA ie c) When is the car at rest? Justify your answer. \ rt at 4=vand + tle sec VECAUSe VA)=¢ d) When did the car change its direction? Justify your answer. SPECIFIC Tre cy chores ite Awe at += antl t=\e see beg e) Find the equations for velocity as a function of time during the following time intervals. What is (_4>) the significance of the slopes of these equations? Cranes Star QD Osrs2 Mt 2srsi0 mM) = 1se14 IV) 14<¢s18 During which time intervals does the car have: 1) uniform motion in the right direction? 11) uniform motion 1n the left direction? 1) positive velocity with positive acceleration? IV) negative velocity with positive acceleration? Precalculus 22 V) negative acceleration with positive velocity? VI) zero velocity and negative acceleration? VII) positive acceleration and zero velocity? 2) What does the area between the graph and the t-axis signify in this situation? hh) What is distance that the car traveled during the following time intervals? QD 0sts6 I 6srs16 MD 16stsi8 i) What is the position (displacement of the car with respect to the origin) of the ear at t= 18 seconds?” |) Find the time intervals during which the car was speeding up and slowing down. Justify your answer. 4, A particle moves along the x-axis so that its position at time 1, 0515, is given by x()=0 ~6¢? + 9¢—2 Its velocity is given by v()=37 ~12f +9 and its acceleration is given by a()=61~12. a) Where is the particle located at ¢= 0? b) Ats=0, 1s the particle moving left or right? Justify your answer, ©) Ats=0, is the velocity of the particle increasing or decreasing? Justify your answer. 4) For what value of f, 0<1-<5, is the particle moving to the left? ) What is the total distance traveled by the particle over the given time interval? 20 Reading the Graph of a Velocity Function The graph and table below represent the veloc seconds [453125 ips] 126 | 40075 1538 7 0625 Student Acinty ‘ofa particle that 1s moving along a horizontal line where (i) 1s the velocity of the particle, measured in centimeters per second, and / 1s the time in 1 Velocity is the rate of changem____with respect to ____ or how fast and in what the particle is moving Speed 1s the absolute value of places, when the particle 1s speeding up/slows traveling 119 Desenibe the motion ofthe paricle by reading the table and graph. Be sure to include the stopping 1g down and which direction the particle is Precalculus: 23-24 1. Determine algebrarally whether each ofthe following functions is even, odd, oF neither State peather the graph ofeach of the Functions 1s syinmetric about y-axis, orm, oF neater a) fG)= by g= hx} @) f(x= Vax +1 2) fe) ot are walking around your neighborhood and your éistance from your house dunn the 2 Suppose y time interval 0 $7 $15 minutes ws as given below [Time (Fm minutes 0 2 5 9 15 | Drstance(s) 1n meters: 3 mn 53, 165 453 8) Sketch a graph of the distance vs time 1b) Whats the significance of the expression 2 > What are the units? 3 Suppose you are walking around your neighborhood and your velocity during the time interval 01 £15 minutes 1s as given below 7 | 5 | 3s | 10 is] Time () am mune d i a 32 nm] ‘Velocity (v) in meters/min 18) What 1s the difference between speed and velocity? a amt v2) 0) 9 5 bb) What is the sigmificance of the expression “5 — >” What are the untts =~ a2 ne Precalculus 4 Suppose the temperature of exty (in degree Fahrenheit) during the time interval 6 pum, to 6 @m 1s a8, 9pm | 12am | 3am Gam__| 60. 40 20 0 given below [Time [Temp (a 4) Sketch a graph of the temperature vs time TOpn 9pm-6pm =M6pm) b) What is the significance of the expresston ? What are the units? Find the average rate of change of f(x! 1 over the mtervals[1,3},[3,5],[5.8] Notce how the seg tea oF ena wee sing rate? YES ging Is the average c of change creasing at an incies 6. Cost ofa new car depreciates as shown below Gost indotars —] 35.000 | 19,000 15,500 a) Find the average rate of change of cost of the car from 0 to 1 b) Find the average rate of change of cost of the car from 1 t03 years Interpret the result ir Interpret the result ¢) Pind the average rate of change of cost of the car from 3 to S years Interpret the result. Suppose that g(x) =3x? - 2x43 a) Pind the av fg from -2 to | be Sey b) Find an equation of the secant line containing (~2,e(-2)) and (1, 2(1)) rage rate of chan, ©) Using a graphing calculator, draw the graph of g and the secant line obtained in part b) on the same sereen 2g Precalculus 23-24 § The slope of the secant le containing the two pomts (x, f(8)) and (x + hn 1h) on the graph of y= UX) 1S BINEN AS Mg Le LO » #0. 4) Express the slope of the secant line of f(x)=—8" + 3-2 mnterms of x and A. by Find mg, for #=05, 01, and OOLatx=1 What value does ma, approach as / approaches 0? «¢) Find the equation for the secant line at x= 1 with = 0.01 4) Graph and the secant line found m part e) on the same viewing window 9 For y 2x? — 8x41, the slope function m for any posnt on the curve 1s given by 3 m=4x? ~4x-8 mw 40) - AG) -¥ Sb- \2-G=lb, p a) Find the slope of the curve at the point (3,-S) b) Is the curve mereasing or decreasing atthe pout (3, -5)” Explain MLVCACINB, Pur ve Sl\nyze c ©). Find the pots where the slope would be zero, pom or Mredye ly GO ¥e- %-25b (1,8) 27-1 an tO h-2\Oat nM v2. ¥-2\F0 62,0) 4 2 4) Determine ifthe curve has a maximum of munsmum value oF nether at the points found n e) e 10 The pomt at which a company’s profits equal zero 1s called the company’s break-even point Let Bir) 12x represent the company’s revenue, let C(x) = 10x + 15000 represent the company’s costs, and letx represent the number of unsts produced and sold each day 1), Fand the company's break-even ponnt, that ws ind x so that & = C: ib) Find the values of such that R> C_ This represents the number of units that the company must sell to eam a profit. Precalculus: 23-24 IL. ‘The quantity ofa product that a company 1s willing to make available for sale at @ given price 1s S(p)=60p ~ 900 (supply function) The quantity of a product that consumers are willing to purchase at a given prices D(p)=-15 p + 2850 (demand function). a) ‘The equilibrium price of a product 1s defined as the price at which quantity supplted equals, quantity demanded Pind the equilibrium price. What 1s the equilibrium quantity? b) Determine the prices for which quantity supplied 1s greater than quantity demanded 12, A pediatrician wanted to estimate a Linear function that relates a [ Height, H | Head child’s height, H to thetr head enrcumferenee, C She randomly | (inches) _| Cireumference, C selects nine children from her practice, measures their height and | (inches) head circumference, and obtains the data shown at the right. Let H represent the mdepenident vartable and C the dependent hase vanable 2575 169 a) Use a graphing calculator to draw a scatter diagram ene . 35 169 b). Use a graphing calculator to find the line of best ittothe 5755 a date Express the solution using funetion notation. 265 173 ©) Interpret the slope | 7 [is 4) Pret he head cmrcumference of a child that ws 26 mches ea TF 26.75 175 ce) Whats the height of a child whose head circumference 1s, | _ 17.4 mehes? 275 [7s 13. The data below list the life expectancy for white males im the United States every decade during the last century (1=1900 to 1910, 2=1911 to 1920 ete ) [Decade Li j2 Ts]4]s[evT7{ so Tw Life Expectancy | 49.61 544 | 597 | 02.1 | 665 | 674 | 680| 707 | 727| 749 (years) jt a) Write a hnear regression equation relating Decade and Life expectancy Let “Decade” be the independent variable, b) Explain the meaning of the slope of the regresston line ©) Use the linear regression model to estimate the hfe expectancy in 1955.

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