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Knowledge Check #1
M121 Co-req F20V1

You may use your notes, homework and textbook. You may discuss problems with your instructor or tutors in the
math lab, however all solutions and explanations should be your own. Copying answers/work/thinking/explanations
from an outside source, included another person, an app or a website, constitutes academic dishonesty, and will be
treated as such. If there is reason to believe the work submitted is not your own, you may be asked to complete
similar problems in a proctored environment. By submitting this assignment, you are asserting that you understand
and have followed these guidelines.

Show all work as shown in class notes – We are evaluating your understanding of the concepts taught in this
course – using non-algebraic methods or techniques other than those taught in our course will receive little
or no credit. Provide clear and detailed solutions and explanations that use appropriate units, mathematical
language and notation consistent with what has been demonstrated in this course.

1. Determine if the statement is true or false, and fill in the bubble next to your answer.

a) (2 pts) The range of the function graphed below is [1,5]. O True O False
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0
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
-1

b) (2 pts) The domain of 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 − 5 is (−∞, 5) ∪ (5, ∞) O True O False

c) (2 pts) The relation represented below is a function O True O False

d) (2 pts) Linear functions have a constant average rate of change. O True O False
2. a) (2 pt) Does {(−2,9), (4,1), (5,3), (4, −1)} represent a function? O Yes O No

b) (3 pts) Use the definition of a function to explain your answer.

3. (5 pts) Solve for 𝑥 using the method of clearing fractions:

𝑥+𝑎 𝑥
2𝑥 − =
10 5

Solution: ________________________

4. (6 pts) Find the domain of each function. Write your answers in interval notation.

+3
a) ℎ(𝑥) = √𝑥 b) 𝑔(𝑥) = 𝑥 ! + 3𝑥
𝑥−9

Domain: Domain:

5. a) (2 pt) Write a function that has the following domain: [4, ∞). 𝑓(𝑥) = ________________________

b) (3 pts) Explain how you used the specified domain to find your answer to part a.
6. Let 𝑔 be defined by the rule “multiply by 4, then add 9”.

a) (2 pts) Write 𝑔(𝑥) in function notation Answer:

b) (2 pts) Find 𝑔(𝑏 + 1)

(you do not need to simplify) 𝑔(𝑏 + 1) =

c) (4 pts) Find and simplify the net change in 𝑔 from 𝑥 = −3 to 𝑥 = 5.

7. Given the graph of 𝑦 = 𝑓(𝑥) below, answer each of the following, using interval notation where appropriate.
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a) (2 pts) Domain:
4

b) (2 pts) Range: 3

2
c) (3 pts) 𝑓(4) =
1

If 𝑓(𝑥) = 3, then 𝑥 = 0
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5

-1
d) (3 pts) 𝑓(𝑥) < 0 for 𝑥 in
-2

e) (4 pts) 𝑥-intercept(s):
(Write intercepts as ordered pairs)

𝑦-intercept:
8. In a study of the effects of rainfall on crop production in Africa, researchers found that the total crop yield of
potatoes in Kenya, in tons, could be modeled by 𝐶(𝑥) = 14.5𝑥 + 1140, where 𝑥 is the total annual rainfall, in
inches.

a) (4 pts) Write a complete sentence that interprets the meaning of 𝐶(300) = 5490 in the given context.

b) (4 pts) Write a complete sentence that interprets the meaning of 14.5 in the given context.

c) (4 pts) Write a complete sentence that interprets the meaning of 1140 in the given context.

9. (7 pts) A granola company can sell 82 lbs of granola per week when they set the price at $10.20 per pound.
But, at a price of $14.70 per pound, they can sell only 67 lbs each week. Write a linear function for the price
𝑝(𝑥) per pound of granola, as a function of the number of pounds purchased.

Answer:
10. (6 pts) A property owner wants to fence a garden plot adjacent to his house, as shown in the figure. He wants
the width of the garden to be three feet more than half the length, and doesn’t need fencing on the side adjacent
to the house. If he has 98 feet of fencing, and he uses all of the fencing, what will the dimensions of the garden
be?

GARDEN

HOUSE

11. The annual number of cd players sold, in millions of units, is given by 𝐶(𝑥) = −8.2𝑥 ! + 146.6𝑥 + 223,
where 𝑥 is the number of years since 1990.

a) (5 pts) Find the average rate of change in 𝐶 from 𝑥 = 10 to 𝑥 = 14.

Answer:

b) (4 pts) Write a complete sentence that interprets the meaning of your answer to part a in this context.