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1. Find the x-intercept(s) and y-intercept(s) of the following.

a) 3x  5 y  9

b) f x    x 2  7 x  8

2. Graph the following.

a) 3x  5 y  9

x 2   y  3  20
2
b)

c) f x    x 2  7 x  8 .

 1, x  1

d) f x    x 2 ,  1  x  1.
 x  2, x 1


3. Evaluate f  2 , f  1 , f 0 , f 1 , and f 5 for the piecewise-defined function.

 3x 2 , x0
f x   
 2 x  1, x0

4. For each of the following is y a function of x ?

a) x2  y2  4

b) y  x 3  2 x 2  4 x  11

c)

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5. Find the equations for the following lines.

a) The line that passes through the points 3,  4 and  2,  7  .

b) The line that passes through 2,  1 and is perpendicular to 3x  5 y  9 .

6. Find the equation of a line through  2, 3 that is

a) vertical.

b) perpendicular to the graph of x  7 .

7. The cost of driving a rental car depends on the number of miles driven. Marc rented a car and drove it 250
miles one week. This cost him $130. The next week he rented the same car and drove it 700 miles. This
cost him $220. Assume that there is a linear relationship between the cost C of a rental car and the miles
driven d.

a) Find a linear equation that relates C and d.

b) Use your equation in part (a) to predict the cost of driving 1200 miles in a week.

c) What does the y-intercept of the graph represent?

8. Let f ( x)  x 2  2 x . Find the following:

a) f (3)

b) f (a  1)

f ( a  h)  f ( a )
c)
h

d) x-intercepts

e) y-intercept

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9. Given the graph of f (on the right), answer the questions (units on each axis are ones).

a) Estimate f (0) and f (4) .

b) On what interval(s) is f increasing?

c) On what interval(s) is f decreasing?

d) On what interval(s) is f constant?

e) Find all local minimums for f .

f) Find all local maximums for f .

g) Find the domain of f .

h) Find the range of f .

i) Explain why the graph of f represents a function.

10. Find the domain for each of the following functions.

x3
a) f ( x)  2 x  7 b) g ( x)  x 2  16 c) h( x ) 
x  4 x  12
2

11. If the equation defines y as a function of x, determine whether it is an even function, an odd function, or
neither.

a) y  x3  2 b) y 3x  x

c) x2  y2  4 d) x4  y  7 e) y  2x3  4x

12. Use the given graph of f to sketch 4

y = f(x)
a) y   f x   2

b) y  f x  1 4

c) y  2 f x 

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13. Draw a graph that is not a function. Use the definition of function to explain why your graph is not a
function. NOTE: The vertical line test is NOT the definition of a function.

14. Find the equation of a function that has the same "shape" as the graph of f ( x)  x , that is

a) Shifted right 2 and up 4.

1
b) Shrunk (compressed) vertically by a factor of 2 , and reflected over the y–axis.

c) Stretched horizontally by a factor of 3, and shifted down 7.

Given f x   and g x  
1 2
15. , find the following and the domain of each.
x 2
x4

g
a) f  g x  b)   x 
f

c)  f  g x d) g  f x

16. The graph of f x  is given. Draw the graph of f 1

x  on the same coordinate system. (Note that f x 
is a one-to-one function and therefore f x  exists.)
1

y



x

       








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17. If the following are one-to-one function, find their inverses and verify that you have the correct inverses
using the inverse function property.

a) f x   x 2  4 x  3 b) f x   x 2  4 x  3 , for x  2

3x  2
c) f x   3 x  1 d) f x  
4x

18. Make sure that you are very familiar with the library of functions and their graphs on page 234 in the text.
In particular, given the graph, be able to come up with the function.

ANSWERS:

1. a) x-intercept: 3, 0 b) x-intercepts:  8, 0 and 1, 0

 9
y-intercept:  0,  y-intercept: 0, 8
 5

2. a) 4 b) 8

-4 4 -8 8

-4 -8
c) 20 d) 4

-20 20 -4 4

-20 -4

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3. f  2  12 , f  1  3 , f 0  1 , f 1  3 , f 5  11

4. a) no b) yes c) yes

3 29 5 13
5. a) y x b) y x
5 5 3 3

6. a) x  2 b) y 3

7. a) C  0.2d  80

b) Driving 1200 miles in a week would cost $320.

c) The y-intercept of the graph represents the fixed cost of renting the car. (This is how much you
would pay if you never drove the car.)

8. a) f 3  3 b) f a  1  a 2  1

f (a  h)  f (a)
c)  2a  h  2 d) 0, 0, 2, 0
h

e) 0, 0

9. a) f 0  3.5 f 4  2.2 b)  3, 2 c) 2, 

d)  ,  3 e) none f) local max.  4 (at x = 2)

g)  ,  h)  , 4 h) The graph passes the

vertical line test.

10. a) 3.5,  b)  ,  c)  ,  2   2, 6  6, 

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11. a) The function is neither even nor odd. b) The function is neither even nor odd.

c) The equation is not a function. d) The function is an even function.

e) The function is an odd function.

12. a) Reflect the graph over the x-axis, and shift it up 2 units.

4
y = - f(x)+2

b) Shift the graph right 3 units.

4
y = f(x-1)

c) Multiply y-coordinates of points by 2. The effect is to stretch the graph vertically by a factor of 2.
4
y = 2f(x)

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13. Answers will vary. For a graph to be a function it must be true that every value in the domain must
correspond to exactly one value in the range. For a graph to not be a function it must be true that there
exists at least one value in the domain that doesn’t correspond to exactly one value in the range.

14. a) y  x2 4 b) y  12  x c) y  13 x  7

 2x2  x  4
15. a) f  g x   domain:  ,  4   4, 0  0, 
x 2 x  4

g 2x2
b)  x   domain:  ,  4   4, 0  0, 
f x4

 f  g x   x  4
2
c) domain:  ,  4   4, 
4

2x2
d) g  f x   domain:  , 0  0, 
1  4x2

16. y



x

       








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17. a) f x   x 2  4 x  3 is a function but it is not a one-to-one function. It has no inverse function

across its entire domain.

b) f x   x 2  4 x  3 is a one-to-one function as long as x  2 . f 1 x   x  1  2 for x  1

Verification: (Inverse Function Property)

 f  f x 1
f 1
 f x 
  
2
x 1  2  4 x 1  2  3  x 2
 4x  3  1  2 
x  1  4  
x 1  4  4 x 1  8  3  x 2
 4x  4  2 
x 1 4  8  3 x  22  2
x  x  2  2
x

c) f x   3 x  1 is a one-to-one function. f 1 x   x 3  1

Verification: (Inverse Function Property)

 f  f x 1
f 1
 f x 
3
x 3
1 1   3
x 1 1 
3

3
x3 x  1 1

x x

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3x  2
f x   is a one-to-one function. f 1 x  
2
d)
4x 4x  3

Verification: (Inverse Function Property)

 f  f x
1
f 1

 f x 

 2 
3 2
 4x  3  2
 2   3x  2 
4  4 3
 4x  3   4x 

6 8x  6

4x  3 4x  3 2
8 3x  2 3x

4x  3 x x

8x
4x  3 2
8 2
4x  3 x

8x 4 x  3 2 x
 
4x  3 8 1 2

x x

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