Interpret graphs, including reciprocal 2

Here is the graph of y = 1.5x.

and piece-wise y
8

5
1 Here is the graph of y = 5
x y 4
6
3
5
2
4
1
3
x
2 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5
1
Use the graph to estimate the value of:
x
–4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4
–1 a) y when x = 2  y= c) x when y = 3  x=
–2

–3 b) y when x = –1  y= d) x when y = 7  x=
–4

–5 3 a) Complete the table of values for y = 2x.

–6
x –2 –1 0 1 2 3
a) Use the graph to find the value of y when:
y 0.25 1
i) x = 1 y= x = 2
iii) y=
b) Use your table of values to draw the graph of y = 2x from x = –2 to x = 3
x = –1
ii) y= x = –2
iv) y= y
10
b) Why is the point with x = 0 not included in the graph?

c) Use the equation y = 5 to work out the value of y when:

x
i) x = 10 ii) x = 20 iii) x = 100 x
–2 –1 0 1 2 3

y= y=  y=
c) Use your graph to solve the equation 2x = 5  x=

What happens to the graph when x gets very large?

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4 The graph shows the amount charged by a plumber for jobs of different 5 a) Here is a graph of a function.
amounts of time. y
The plumber charges £50 for jobs of up to and including 1 hour. 5

170 4

140 3

110 2
cost (£)

80 1

50 x
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

0 1 2 3 4 5 The function is split into three parts.

time (hours)
Compete the description of the function.

a) How long does the plumber charge for a job lasting: 2 for 0 ≤ x < 1

i) 4 hours £  ii) 4 1 hours £  y = 3 for

2
b) Tom has £120 for

What is the longest amount of time he can hire the plumber for?
b) Draw a graph to represent this function.
 hours
3 for 0 ≤ x < 2

c) Another plumber charges £60 for the first hour and then £20 for each y = 2.5 for 2 ≤ x < 4
additional half hour.
1 for 4 ≤ x ≤ 6
Show this information on the grid below.
y
240 4

200 3

160
cost (£)

120
1

80
x
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

0 1 2 3 4 5
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