CHAPTER 1 A Review of Functions

Section 1.2: Functions and Graphs

 Graphing a Function
 Additional Properties of Functions and Their Graphs

Graphing a Function
Definition:

The Vertical Line Test:

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An x-intercept of the Graph of a Function:

The y-intercept of the Graph of a Function:

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Finding the Intercepts of the Graph of a Function:

Example:

Solution:

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Increasing/Decreasing Functions:

Maximum/Minimum Values of a Function:

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Even/Odd Functions:

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Determine whether or not each of the following graphs 9. y

represents a function.

1. y

x
10. y

2. y
x

y
3.
For each set of points,
(a) Graph the set of points.
x
(b) Determine whether or not the set of points
represents a function. Justify your answer.

4. y 11. (1, 5), (2, 4), (3, 4), (2, 1), (3, 6)

x 12. (3, 2), (1, 2), (0,  3), (2, 1), ( 2, 1)

5. y
Answer the following.

13. Analyze the coordinates in each of the sets

x
above. Describe a method of determining
whether or not the set of points represents a
function without graphing the points.
6. y
14. Determine whether or not each set of points
represents a function without graphing the
x points. Justify each answer.
(a) (7, 3), (3,  7), (1, 5), (5, 1), (2, 1)
(b) (6, 3), (4, 3), (2, 3), (3, 3), (5, 3)
7. y
(c) (3, 6), (3,  4), (3, 2), (3,  3), (3, 5)
(d) (2,  5), (5, 2), (2, 5), (5,  2), (5, 2)
x

8. y

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Answer the following. (c) Find the y-intercept(s) of the function.

(d) Find the following function values:
15. The graph of y  f (x) is shown below.
g (2); g (0); g (1); g (3); g (6)
 y
f
(e) For what value(s) of x is g ( x )  2 ?

(f) On what interval(s) is g increasing?

(g) On what interval(s) is g decreasing?

(h) What is the maximum value of the function?

(i) What is the minimum value of the function?
x
      


17. The graph of y  g (x) is shown below.
 y

(a) Find the domain of the function. Write your
answer in interval notation. g

(b) Find the range of the function. Write your
answer in interval notation.


(c) Find the y-intercept(s) of the function.

x
(d) Find the following function values:    

f (2); f (0); f (4); f (6)



(e) For what value(s) of x is f ( x)  9 ?


(f) On what interval(s) is f increasing?
(g) On what interval(s) is f decreasing? (a) Find the domain of the function. Write your
(h) What is the maximum value of the function? answer in interval notation.

(i) What is the minimum value of the function? (b) Find the range of the function. Write your
answer in interval notation.
(c) How many x-intercept(s) does the function
have?
16. The graph of y  g (x) is shown below.
(d) Find the following function values:
y g (2); g (0); g (2); g (4); g (6)

 g (e) Which is greater, g (2) or g (3) ?

(f) On what interval(s) is g increasing?


(g) On what interval(s) is g decreasing?



x
   



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(a) Find the domain of the function. Write your

answer in interval notation.
(b) Find the range of the function. Write your
answer in interval notation.

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18. The graph of y  f (x) is shown below. 25. f ( x)  x  3

y

f
26. f ( x)  5  x

 27. F ( x)  x 2  4 x

 28. G ( x)  ( x  3)2  1
x
   
29. f ( x)  x3  1

 30. f ( x)  x 4  16

12
31. g ( x) 
(a) Find the domain of the function. Write your x
answer in interval notation.
(b) Find the range of the function. Write your 8
32. h( x)  
answer in interval notation. x

(c) Find the x-intercept(s) of the function.

(d) Find the following function values: For each of the following piecewise-defined functions:
f (3); f (2); f (1); f (1); f (4) (a) State the domain of the function. Write your
answer in interval notation.
(e) Which is smaller, f (0) or f (3) ?
(b) Find the y-intercept of the function.
(f) On what interval(s) is f increasing? (c) Choose x-values corresponding to the domain
(g) On what interval(s) is f decreasing? of the function, calculate the corresponding y-
values, plot the points, and draw the graph of
the function.
For each of the following functions:
(c) State the domain of the function. Write your 2 x  4, if  2  x  1
answer in interval notation. 33. f ( x)  
 x  3, if 1  x  5
(d) Find the intercepts of the function.
(e) Choose x-values corresponding to the domain  1 x  2, if  3  x  0
of the function, calculate the corresponding y- 34. f ( x)   3
values, plot the points, and draw the graph of  4 x  3, if x  0
the function.
3, if x  2
35. f ( x)  
19. f ( x)   32 x6  5, if x  2

20. f ( x)  23 x  4 4, if  5  x  1
36. f ( x)  
2, if 1  x  3
21. h( x)  3x  5, 1  x  3
4, if x  0
37. f ( x)  
22. h( x)  2x,  3  x  2  x 2  1, if x  0

23. g ( x)  x  3 3  x 2 , if x  1
38. f ( x)  
 3, if x  1
24. g ( x)  x  4

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 x, if x  3

39. f ( x)   x 2 , if  3  x  2
4, if x  2


 x 2  5, if x  0

40. f ( x)  1, if 0  x  3
2  x, if x  3


Answer the following.

41. (a) If a function is odd, then it is symmetric
with respect to the __________.
(x-axis, y-axis, or origin?)
(b) If a function is even, then it is symmetric
with respect to the __________.
(x-axis, y-axis, or origin?)

42. (a) If a function is symmetric with respect to the

y-axis, then the function is __________.
(Odd, even, both, or neither?)
(b) If a function is symmetric with respect to the
origin, then the function is __________.
(Odd, even, both or neither?)

43. Suppose that y  f (x) is an odd function and that

(3, 6) is a point on the graph of f. Find another
point on the graph.

44. Suppose that y  f (x) is an even function and

that (2,  7) is a point on the graph of f. Find
another point on the graph.

Determine whether each of the following functions is

even, odd, both or neither.

45. f ( x)  x3  5 x

46. f ( x)  x 2  3x

47. f ( x)  x 4  2 x 2

48. f ( x)  x5  2 x3

49. f ( x)  2 x3  x 2  5 x  1

2
50. f ( x)  3x6 
x2

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