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Chapter 1: Functions and Their Graphs: 1.6 Exercises
Book Title: Precalculus with Limits with CalcChat and CalcView
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1.6 Exercises
See CalcChat.com for tutorial help and worked-out solutions to odd-numbered exercises.
Vocabulary
In Exercises 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, write the most specific name of the
function.
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9.
10. Fill in the blank: The constant function and the identity function are two special
types of ________ functions.
Skills and Applications
Writing a Linear Function In Exercises 11, 12, 13, and 14,
a. write the linear function that has the given function values and
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b. sketch the graph of the function.
11. ,
12. ,
13. ,
14. ,
Graphing a Function In Exercises 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24,
25, and 26, use a graphing utility to graph the function. Be sure to choose an
appropriate viewing window.
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Evaluating a Step Function In Exercises 27, 28, 29, and 30, evaluate the
function for the given values.
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27. 〚 〛
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d.
Graphing a Step Function In Exercises 31, 32, 33, and 34, sketch the graph of
the function.
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32. 〚 〛
33. 〚 〛
34. 〚 〛
Graphing a Piecewise-Defined Function In Exercises 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, and
40, sketch the graph of the function.
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Graphing a Function In Exercises 41 and 42,
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a. use a graphing utility to graph the function and
b. state the domain and range of the function.
41. 〚 〛
42. 〚 〛
43. Wages A mechanic’s pay is per hour for regular time and time-and-a-half
for overtime. The weekly wage function is
where is the number of hours worked in a week.
a. Evaluate , , , and .
b. The company decreases the regular work week to hours. What is the
new weekly wage function?
c. The company increases the mechanic’s pay to per hour. What is the
new weekly wage function? Use a regular work week of hours.
44. Revenue The table shows the monthly revenue (in thousands of dollars) of a
landscaping business for each month of the year 2016, with
representing January.
Month, Revenue,
1 5.2
2 5.6
3 6.6
4 8.3
5 11.5
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6 15.8
7 12.8
8 10.1
9 8.6
10 6.9
11 4.5
12 2.7
Spreadsheet at LarsonPrecalculus.com
A mathematical model that represents these data is
a. Use a graphing utility to graph the model. What is the domain of
each part of the piecewise-defined function? How can you tell?
b. Find and and interpret your results in the context of the
problem.
c. How do the values obtained from the model in part (b) compare with the
actual data values?
45. Fluid Flow The intake pipe of a -gallon tank has a flow rate of gallons
per minute, and two drainpipes have flow rates of gallons per minute each.
The figure shows the volume of fluid in the tank as a function of time .
Determine whether the input pipe and each drainpipe are open or closed in
specific subintervals of the hour of time shown in the graph. (There are
many correct answers.)
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46. Delivery Charges The cost of mailing a package weighing up to, but not
including, pound is . Each additional pound or portion of a pound costs
.
a. Use the greatest integer function to create a model for the cost of
mailing a package weighing pounds, where .
b. Sketch the graph of the function.
47. Snowstorm During a nine-hour snowstorm, it snows at a rate of inch per
hour for the first hours, at a rate of inches per hour for the next hours,
and at a rate of inch per hour for the final hour. Write and graph a
piecewise-defined function that gives the depth of the snow during the
snowstorm. How many inches of snow accumulated from the storm?
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48. How Do You See It? For each graph of shown below, answer parts (a), (b),
(c) and (d).
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a. Find the domain and range of .
b. Find the - and -intercepts of the graph of .
c. Determine the open intervals on which is increasing, decreasing, or
constant.
d. Determine whether is even, odd, or neither. Then describe the
symmetry.
Exploration
True or False? In Exercises 49 and 50, determine whether the statement is
true or false. Justify your answer.
49. A piecewise-defined function will always have at least one -intercept or at
least one -intercept.
True False
50. A linear equation will always have an -intercept and a -intercept.
Chapter 1: Functions and Their Graphs: 1.6 Exercises
Book Title: Precalculus with Limits with CalcChat and CalcView
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