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8-3 Practice
Graphing Reciprocal Functions
Identify the asymptotes, domain, and range of each function.
1 1 -3
1. f(x) = − -3 2. f(x) = − +3 3. f(x) = − +5
x-1 x+1 x-2
f (x) f (x) f (x)
6 6
-2 0 2 4 x
-2 4 4

-4 2 2

-6
-4 -2 0 2 x -2 0 2 4 6x

x = 2; f(x) = 5
x = 1; f(x) = -3 x = -1; f(x) = 3 D = {x l x = 2}
D = {x l x = 1} D = {x l x = -1} R = {f(x) l f(x) = 5}
R = {f(x) l f(x) = -3} R = {f(x) l f(x) = 3}

Graph each function. State the domain and range.

1 -1 3
4. f(x) = − -5 5. f(x) = − -4 6. f(x) = − +4
x+1 x-3 x-2

f (x) f (x) f(x)

0 x 0 x
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Lesson 8-3
0 x

D = {x l x = -1} D = {x l x = 3} D = {x l x = 2}

R = {f(x) l f(x) = -5} R = {f(x) l f(x) = -4} R = {f(x) l f(x) = 4}

7. RACE Kate enters a 120-mile bicycle race. Her basic rate is 10 miles per hour, but Kate
will average x miles per hour faster than that. Write and graph an equation relating x
(Kate’s speed beyond 10 miles per hour) to the time it would take to complete the race.
If she wanted to finish the race in 4 hours instead of 5 hours, how much faster should
she travel?
t
14 t = 120/x + 10;
12
10 6 miles per hour
8
6
4
2

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 x

Chapter 8 21 Glencoe Algebra 2