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18 Graphs of functions

Exercise 18.1 page 195


1 x  –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
y  10 4 0 –2 –2 0 4 10

2 x  –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5
y  –12 –5 0 3 4 3 0 –5 –12

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3 x  –1 0 1 2 3 4 5
y  9 4 1 0 1 4 9

4 x  –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2
y  –9 –4 –1 0 –1 –4 –9

5 x  –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
y  9 0 –7 –12 –15 –16 –15 –12 –7 0 9

   

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6 x  –2 –1 0 1 2 3
y  9 1 –3 –3 1 9

7 x  –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
y  –15 –4 3 6 5 0 –9

8 x  –2 –1 0 1 2 3
y  12 0 –6 –6 0 12

   

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9 x  –1 0 1 2 3
y  7 –4 –7 –2 11

10 x  –2 –1 0 1 2 3
y  –25 –9 –1 –1 –9 –25

Exercise 18.2 page 196


1 –2 and 3
2 –1 and 1
3 3
4 –4 and 3
5 2
6 0.5 and 3
7 1
1
8  and 2
3

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Exercise 18.3 page 196


1  –1.6 and 2.6
2 No solution
3 2 and 4
4 –3.5 and 2.5
5 0.3 and 3.7
6 0 and 3.5
7 –0.2 and 2.2
1
8  and 2
3

Exercise 18.4 page 198


1 a

b Minimum
c (1, 4)
2  a

b Minimum
c (–3, –6)
   

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3  a

b Minimum
c (4, –1)
4  a

b Maximum
c (2, 3)
5  a

b Maximum
c (–1, –5)
   

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6  a

b Minimum
c (1, –3)
7  a

b Minimum
c (3, –20)
   

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8  a

b Maximum
c (5, 30)
9  a Students’ description of pattern.
b (b, c)
10  a (6, 5)
b (–8, –6)
c (–4, 12)
d (12, 1)

Exercise 18.5 page 199


1   

 
 
   

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Exercise 18.6 page 200


1 i  x  –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
  f(x)  –7 –4 –1 2 5 8 11
ii 

2 i  x  –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
  f(x)  2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5
 
   

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ii 

3 i  x  –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2
  f(x)  5 3 1 –1 –3 –5 –7
ii 

4 i  x  –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
  f(x)  17 7 1 –1 1 7 17
ii 

   

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5 i  x  –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
  f(x)  5.5 2 –0.5 –2 –2.5 –2 –0.5 2 5.5
ii 

6 i  x  –2 –1 0 1 2
  f(x)  17 6 1 2 9
ii 

7 i  x  –2 –1 0 1 2
  f(x)  –16 –2 0 2 16
ii 

   

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8 i  x  –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
  f(x)  –4.5 3 4.5 3 1.5 3 10.5
ii 

9 i  x  –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
  f(x)  –1 –1.5 –3 – 3 1.5 1
ii 

10 i  x  –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
  f(x)  0.22 0.5 2 – 2 0.5 0.22
ii 

   

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11 i  x  –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
  f(x)  –8.89 –5.75 –2 – 4 6.25 9.11
 
ii 

Exercise 18.7 page 201


1 i  x  –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
  f(x)  0.04 0.11 0.33 1 3 9 27
ii 

 
   

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2 i  x  –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
  f(x)  1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ii 

3 i  x  –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
  f(x)  3.125 3.25 3.5 4 5 7 11
ii 

   

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4 i  x  –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
  f(x)  2.375 2.75 3.5 5 8 14 26
ii   

 
5 i  x  –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
  f(x)  3.125 2.25 1.5 1 1 2 5
 
ii 

   

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6 i  x  –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
  f(x)  3.04 2.11 1.33 1 2 7 24
ii   

  

Exercise 18.8 page 203


1  i 

ii 2
   

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2  i 

ii –2
3  i 

ii 3
 
4  i 

ii 24
   

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5  i 

ii –4
6  i 

ii 0.7

Exercise 18.9 page 204


1  a 

b x = ± 2.8
   

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2  a 

b x = 1.7
3  a 

b x = 1.5
 
 
 
4  a 

b x = –0.4, 0.5, 2.4

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5  a (x – 10) cm
b 5(x – 10)2 = V
c x = 6 cm or 14 cm
6 10 cm
7  a V = (x – 2)(x – 4)(x – 7)
b

c The y-value on the graph is positive and the volume must be a positive value.
d x = 2.9
8  a 

b x = –0.7, 3
9  a 7 cm
b 0 cm
c 5 hours
d

1
e Approx. 5 hours
2
   

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10  a Approx. 2.5


1
b 
2
11  a Approx. 4.3
b Approx. 3.3
c  Approx. 2.3
12  a 101
b 1120

d Approx. 4.5 hours


13 a  t  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
  P  1000 500 250 125 63 31 16 8 4 2 1
 
 
 

c Approx. 90 insects

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Exercise 18.10 page 211


1  a

   

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2  a

Turning point (5, –1)


b

1 1
Turning point  , 6 
2 4
 
c

   

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3 9
Turning point  , 
2 4
e

Turning point (2, 0)


f

Roots given to 2 d.p. Exact values are x  3  14


Turning point (–3, –14)
 
 

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3  a

 
c

   

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Exercise 18.11 page 214


1  A y = 2x

B y=
3
x

C y=
1
x

D y= 
2
x
E y = 2–x

2  A y =
1
x
B y = –3x
C y = –5x

D y=
2
x

E y=
1
x

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Student assessment 1 page 215


2 a  x  –7 –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2
  y  –12 –6 –2 0 0 –2 –6 –12 –20 –30

 
3  a 

   

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4  a 

b  i  x = –3.7 or 2.7
ii  x = –1.8 or 2.8
 
5  a 

b x = –2 or 1
6  a  i maximum as the 𝑥 term is negative
ii (–3, –5)
b  i minimum as the 𝑥 term is positive
ii (6, 2)

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8   

Student assessment 2 page 216


1  a  i Linear
ii Quadratic
b  i Any answer in the form y = k – cx where k and c are positive constants,
e.g. y = 5 – 2x
ii  Any answer in the form y = k – cx2 where k and c are positive constants,
e.g. y = 4 –x2
2 a  i  x  –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2
    f(x)  10 4 0 –2 –2 0 4 10
ii 

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b  i  x  –3 –2 –1 –0.1 0 0.1 1 2 3
    f(x)  –9.3 –6.5 –4 –10.3 – 10.3 4 6.5 9.3
ii 

3  a 

b  i  5.5
ii 2.5
4  a 

b x = –0.8 and 3.3

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c x = –1.6 and 3.1


5   

7  a  58 – 3x
b A = x(60 – 3x)
c

d x = 10
e 300 m2

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1  a  i Reciprocal
ii  Exponential
1
b  i For example, y =
x
ii For example, y = 2x
2 a  i  x  –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
    f(x)  –2.9 –1.8 –0.5 1 3 6 11
 

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ii 

b  i  x  –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
    f(x)  –9.0 –3.9 –0.7 1 2 5 18
ii 

3  a 

b  i 0
ii 4
4 x  –3 –2 –1 –0.5 –0.25 0 0.25 0.5 1 2 3
y  –4.9 –4.8 –4 –1 11 – 11 –1 –4 –4.8 –4.9

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c x = ± 0.4
d x = ± 0.4 and ± 2.6
5  a

b y=0
6  a 

b y = –4
7  a Students’ working
1 3
b V = 98x – x
2
c

d x=8
e 528 cm3

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