Worksheet Unit 7

1. Build a value table of the function that relates a number with its inverse.

2. A window manufacturer sells his windows with a price of 3 €/m of the frame and 12
€ for glass (independently on the area).

a) How much does it cost a square window with side 2m?

b) Price for a window has been 60 €, how long is its side?

c) Find the expression that gives us the price of a window as a function of the
dimensions and draw it.

3. RENFE has special prices for students who want to travel through Europe in Summer.
A student must pay a fix tax of 30 € plus 0,02 €/km.

a) Write the equation that relates the cost with the distance, indicating which are
independent and dependent variables.

b) Draw the plot of the function.

c) Calculate how much must pay a student for a trip through France for 5400
kilometers?

d) How many kilometers has a student travelled if he has paid 94 €?

4. Calculate the average rate of change of the function: y=x 2−5 x−9 at the following
intervals: [ −2,0 ] , [ −1,0 ] , [−3 ,−1 ] , [ 0,1 ]

5. Location of a particle is given by the function: s=10+ 7 t−5 t 2. Calculate the average
rate of this particle at the intervals: [ 2,4 ], [ 1,2 ] , [ 1,3 ] , [ 2,3 ]

6. Observe the curve of the function and calculate the average rate of change at the
following intervals: [ 0,4 ], [ 0,5 ] , [ 5,7 ] , [ 2,7 ]

7. Calculate a, b and c so that the points A (−12 , a ) , B ( 34 ,b) and C ( 0 , c ) belong to the
curve of the function y=3 x 2−x +3

8. Find out the domain and range of the following functions.

9. Work out domain of these functions:

a) f ( x )=−x +5

b) f ( x )=−x 2 +3 x−7

x
c) f ( x )=
x−3

7 x−2
d) f ( x )= 2
x −64

2
e) f ( x )= 2
x +1

f) f ( x )= √ x−2

g) f ( x )= √ x 2−1

5x
h) f ( x )=
√ x+3
10. Study the continuity of these functions:

a)
 b)

11. Tell in which intervals are these functions increasing or decreasing. Have they got
any Maximum or minimum?

a)

b)

12. Draw the graph of a function that fulfills these conditions:

a) It has a Max in A(-1,2)

b) It goes through the origin

c) It has a min in B(2,3)

d) It is increasing in the interval (0,2)

 e) It goes through the point C(4,0)

13. Find out the equation of these functions.

a) b) c) d)

14. Represent these lines:

a) y=2 x +3

3
b) y= x−1
4

c) y=−2

d) y=−3 x +2

3
e) y= x +2
2

f) y=3

15. Draw the graph of these functions on the same system of coordenates:

a) y=−3 x 2 b) y=3 x 2

1 2
c) y= x d) y=4 x 2
4

16. Represent these functions:

a) y=−3 x 2 +4

b) y=2 x 2−3 x
 c) y=x 2 +5 x+ 6

d) y=−x2 +7 x−12

e) y=¿ x 2+ 4 x +4

17. Solve geometrically and arithmetically these systems:

a) { y=−x +3
2
y=2 x −x+1
b) { y=x +1
2
y=−x +2 x +3

18. Represent these piecewise functions:

a) y= {
2 x+1 si x ≤0
2
x si x >0

{
1 si x ≤ 1
x si 1< x ≤ 3
b) y=
−x +6 si3< x ≤6
0 si x >6

{
−x −1 si x <0
c) y= 3 x−1 si 0≤ x ≤ 1
2
x −6 x +7 si x <1

{
−x2 +7 si x <2
d) y= x−1 si 2 ≤ x ≤5
4 si x >5
19. Inverse proportionality function. Represent these functions:

2 −2 4
a) y= b) y= c) y=
x x x

2
20. Rational functions. Represent the function y= and from its graph, draw the
x
graph of these functions.
2 2 2
a) y= b) y= +2 c) y= −2
x−1 x +1 x−2

21. Represent these functions:

 3 −1
a) y= +4 b) y= −2
x +1 x +2

22. Represent these radical functions:

a) y= √ x +3
b) y= √ 2−x