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MAC1105: College Algebra ACTIVITY 2

Domain and Range, INCREASING, DECREASING, OR CONSTANT
FUNCTIONS.
Functions

1. In each of the following , is y is a function of x ? Explain your
answers.










2 4
3 3
7 4
0 7
x y

Yes, each input
corresponds to only
one output.
No, this graph fails
the vertical line test.
Input 2 (x) results in two
outputs, 2 & -2.
No, this graph fails the vertical
line test. Input 1 (x) results in two
outputs, 2 & -2.
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2. Select the equations that indicate that y is a function of x .
A.
2
4 y x
B.
2 2
4 x y (Hint: Solve for y and sketch it.
You should get a circle, then use the
vertical line test.)
C. y x D. 2 x y

G. x = 4








The Language of Functions

A. B.
A.
C.
D. E. F.
Yes Yes No
No
Yes Yes
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3. Tables

When you exercise, your heart rate should increase until it reaches
your target heart rate. The table shows target heart rate,

r f a , as
a function of age.

a 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70
r 150 146 142 139 135 131 127 124 120 116 112

1. Find and interpret

25 f and

50 f . Does

50 2 25 f f ?
2. Find a value of a for which

135 f a . Interpret your results.
3. Find a value of a for which

2 f a a . Interpret your results.
4. Find and interpret
70 20
70 20
f f

.

4. Graphs and Verbal Descriptions

A driver traveling 100 ft/sec sees a sign for a highway tollbooth.
Thirty seconds later the driver gradually slows and then stops to pay
the toll. A graph of the driver's velocity,

y v t , is shown on the
graph below.
Time (in seconds)
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y

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f
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p
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c
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Target heart rate is 146 at age 25, and 127 at age 50.
No
Age 40 = heart
rate of 135.
60. f(60)=120
2(60)=120
-.76 Target heart rate decreases by
.76 per year.
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Find

40 v and explain what it means in the context of the problem.
a. Solve

40 v t and explain what it means in the context of the
problem.
b. Find and interpret
60 30
60 30
v v

.
c. Give the domain and range of v .

For any 0 x , let

A x be the area of the region bounded by the t-
axis, the y-axis,

y v t , and t x .

d. Find

60 A and explain what it means in the context of the
problem.
e. Find and interpret
60 0
60 0
A A

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5. DOMAIN AND RANGE

Consider the following three functions. Write your answers either in
interval notation or set-builder notation, or in words.

a.

2 f x x

D =


R =


b.
12
10
g x
x

D =


R =

All real numbers
All real numbers
x cannot equal 10
(-infinity,0)U(0,infinity)
t=48. 48 seconds after seeing the tollbooth, the drivers
velocity is 40 ft. per second.
3.33. the velocity is decreasing by
approx. 3.33 ft. per second.
D = (0,60), R = (0,100)
A(60)= 0. After 60 seconds, the driver has come to a stop.
-2/3 or -0.66. During the 60 second
period, the drivers velocity decreases
by an average of 0.66 ft. per second.
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c.

3 11 h x x
D =


R =




6. INCREASING, OR DECREASING, OR CONSTANT FUNCTION.

a. Use your calculator to sketch the following function.
b. Then write all intervals where f(x) is increasing, or decreasing,
or constant. (Please, include the end points.)
c. Write your answer in both interval notation and set builder
notation.


.5( 2)( 2)( 4) f x x x x

[-3,infinity)
[0,infinity)
a. Graph rises to the left and falls to the right.
b. Increase = (-3,0.5), decrease = (infinity,-3)U(0.5,-infinity)
c. Increase = {x|-3 < x < 0.5}
Decrease = {x|x < -3}U{x|x > 0.5}