NAME: ____________________________ Math 141 – Handout – 2020

Instructor: M. Wallace
1.3
Intervals for Function Behavior: Intervals contain only ______________, and we use ONLY open parentheses.
Intervals report the location of the function behavior.
Function behavior is _________ behavior, such as increasing and decreasing and concavity.

Read Graphs: Concavity

The bending of a curve

Concave Up Concave Down No Concavity

Inflection Point:

Turning Point: Point on a curve, where the graph changes from increasing to decreasing or decreasing to increasing.

Relative (or local) Maximum: Turning point, where there is a smooth change from increasing to decreasing
Plural: Maxima

Relative (or local) Minimum: Turning point, where there is a smooth change from decreasing to increasing
Plural: Minima

1. Given the graph of g(x) on the axes below, find the following.

(a) Find the domain of g(x): ___________________________

interval notation

(b) Find the range of g(x): _____________________________

interval notation

Using interval notation, identify over which interval(s) is the function:

(c) increasing? ____________________ (d) decreasing? ____________________

(g) What are the inflection points of g(x)?

(e) concave up? ____________________ (f) concave down? __________________ ______________________

(h) What are the local maxima of g(x)? _________________ (i) What are the local minima of g(x)? __________________

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2. Given the graph of f(x) on the axes below, find the following.

(a) Find the domain of f(x): ___________________________

interval notation

(b) Find the range of f(x): _____________________________

interval notation

Using interval notation, identify over which interval(s) is the function:

(c) increasing? ____________________ (d) decreasing? ____________________

(e) concave up? ____________________ (f) concave down? _________________

(g) inflection point of f(x)? _________ (h) local maximum of f(x)? ____________ (i) local minimum of f(x)? _____________

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Section 1.6 Inverse Functions Simple Examples Graphically

f(x) = x + 4 f1(x) = Inverse Functions

reflect each other
q(x) = 3x q1(x) = over ___________.

Notation:

Find each Inverse Function.

(a) g(x): g1(x): (b) h(x): Graph: h1(x).

x y x y
-1 -3
0 5
1 -2
7 4

3x  4
(c) f(x) = 3x + 6 STEPS (d) p( x) 
6x  1

(c)