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Graph Sketching Worksheet 1: y X X y
Graph Sketching Worksheet 1: y X X y
Sketch the following. Remember that a sketch is just a sketch: you should indicate intercepts with the
axis/asymptotes/ y as x → ± ∞ and the general shape of the curve, but you should otherwise not label your
axis. Try and avoid an approach of just trying lots of x values and calculating the resulting y value)
Note that there are a lot of questions here! Choose a good mixture (including a few of the last ones), and you
could return to working on these later.
1. y=x 2 cos x 1
11. y=
ln x cos x +1
2. y=
x ( x−3 )( x +1 )
sin x
12. y=
3. y=2 ( x−2 ) ( x−5 )
1 x2
4. y=x + 2
x
1
13. y= | |
x +2
5.
y=x x
14. y 2=x 3
y=
sin x 15. y 3=x 2
6.
√x 2 x−2
16. y =
1 x +3
7. y=sin
x() 2
17. y =1+cos x
x x 2
8. y=
sin x
2
18. y =
( )
1−x
2x 19. y 2=x 3−x
9. y=
x 20. y 3=x 2 ( 1−x )2
3
10. y= +4 21. z=sin ( x 2 + y 2 )
x +2
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Graph Sketching Worksheet 1 - ANSWERS
In each case the blue line is the function itself. Any other lines are indicative.
Note also that trigonometric functions use radians and not degrees (where π radians ¿ 180 °) – you’ll learn
about this in C2 if you haven’t already.
All graphs (except the last) were sketched using www.graphsketch.com (you could also type “sketch [my
function]” into www.wolframalpha.com)
ln x
2. y=
x
1
4. y=x +
x2
(The straight red line is y=x , which is
the ‘oblique asymptote’)
Turning point ( e , 1e ) . As x → ∞ , y →0
as the x grows more rapidly than ln x .
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1
5. x
y=x
2x
9. y=
sin x x
6. y=
√x
(The lines at the top and bottom are
1 −1
y= and y= )
√x √x
3
10. y= +4
x +2
7. y=sin ( 1x )
1
11. y=
cos x +1
x
8. y=
sin x
(The two diagonals lines are y=x and
y=−x)
( x−3 )( x +1 )
12. y=
( x−2 ) ( x−5 )
You can see that we’ll have an asymptote
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when x=2 or
x=5 and roots when me to use ±)
x=3 or x=−1. Then it’s just a case of
filling in the rest by considering when
happens when x → ± ∞ and the curve at
either side of the asymptote.
15. y 3=x 2
x2
13. y= | |
x +2
x−2
16. y 2=
x +3
2 3
17. y 2=1+cos x
14. y =x
(Note that from this questions onwards,
both the red line and blue line are part of
the function – my software didn’t allow
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2 3 2 2
x 20. y =x ( 1−x )
18. y 2= ( )
1−x
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