CHAPTER P
Preparation for Calculus
Section P.1 Graphs and Models.................................................................................2
Section P.2 Linear Models and Rates of Change....................................................11
Section P.3 Functions and Their Graphs.................................................................22
Section P.4 Fitting Models to Data..........................................................................34
Review Exercises ..........................................................................................................37
Problem Solving ...........................................................................................................43
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Section P.1 Graphs and Models
1. y 32 x 3 7. y 4 x2
x-intercept: (2, 0)
x 3 2 0 2 3
y-intercept: (0, 3)
y 5 0 4 0 5
Matches graph (b).
y
2. y 9 x2 6
x-intercepts: 3, 0 , 3, 0 (0, 4)
2
y-intercept: (0, 3) (− 2, 0) (2, 0)
x
−6 −4 4 6
Matches graph (d). −2
(− 3, − 5) −4 (3, − 5)
3. y 3 x2 −6
x-intercepts: 3, 0 , 3, 0
2
8. y x3
y-intercept: (0, 3)
Matches graph (a).
x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
4. y x x
3
y 9 4 1 0 1 4 9
x-intercepts: 0, 0 , 1, 0 , 1, 0 y
y-intercept: (0, 0) 10
(0, 9) (6, 9)
8
Matches graph (c).
6
4 (1, 4) (5, 4)
5. y 1x
2
2 (2, 1)
2
(4, 1)
x
x 4 2 0 2 4 −6 −4 −2
−2
2 4 6
(3, 0)
y 0 1 2 3 4
9. y x 2
y
6 x 5 4 3 2 1 0 1
(4, 4)
4 (2, 3) y 3 2 1 0 1 2 3
(0, 2)
(−2, 1) y
x
−4 −2 2 4 6
(−4, 0) −2
4
(− 5, 3)
(1, 3)
6. y 5 2x (− 4, 2) 2 (0, 2)
(− 3, 1) (− 1, 1)
x
x 1 0 1 2 5
2
3 4 −6 −4 (− 2, 0) 2
−2
y 7 5 3 1 0 1 3
y
8
(− 1, 7)
(0, 5)
4
(1, 3)
2
(2, 1)
x
−6 − 4 −2 (3, −1)
( (
−2
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2 ( , −3)
(4, 3))
−
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10. y x 1 1
14. y
x 2
x 3 2 1 0 1 2 3
x 6 4 3 2 1 0 2
y 2 1 0 1 0 1 2
y 14 12 1 Undef. 1 1
2
1
4
y
y
4
3 5
4
(−3, 2) 2 (3, 2) 3 (0, 12 )
2
(− 2, 1) (2, 1) (− 1, 1)
(2, 14 )
x x
−3 −2 1 2 3 −1 1 2 3
(− 1, 0) −1 (1, 0) (− 6, − 14 ) −2
−2 (0, − 1) (− 4, − 12 ) −3
−4
(−3, − 1)
−5
11. y x 6
15. y 5 x
x 0 1 4 9 16
5
y 6 5 4 3 2 (−4.00, 3)
(2, 1.73)
y
−6 6
2
x −3
−4 4 8 12 16
−2 (9, − 3)
(16, −2) (a) 2, y 2, 1.73 y 52 3 | 1.73
−4 (4, −4)
(1, − 5)
−6
(0, −6)
(b) x, 3 4, 3 3 5 4
−8
16. y x5 5 x
12. y x 2
6
(−0.5, 2.47)
x 2 1 0 2 7 14
−9 9
y 0 1 2 2 3 4
(1, −4)
y
−6
5
4
(a) 0.5, y 0.5, 2.47
(14, 4)
3
(− 1, 1)
(7, 3) (b) x, 4 1.65, 4 and x, 4 1, 4
2 (2, 2)
(0, 2)
17. y 2x 5
x
(− 2, 0) 5 10 15 20 y-intercept: y 20 5 5; 0, 5
3 x-intercept: 0 2x 5
13. y
x 5 2x
5; 5,
x 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 x 2 2
0
y 1 32 3 Undef. 3 3
2
1 18. y 4x2 3
2
y
y-intercept: y 40 3 3; 0, 3
(1, 3)
3 x-intercept: 0 4 x2 3
2 (2, 32 (
1
(3, 1) 3 4 x2
(−3, −1)
x None. y cannot equal 0.
−3 −2 −1 1 2 3
−1
−2 (− 2, − 32 (
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1, −3)
(−1,
(−1, − 3))
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19. y x2 x 2 x 2 3x
24. y 2
y-intercept: y 02 0 2 3x 1
y 2; 0, 2 02 3 0
y-intercept: y 2
ª¬3 0 1º¼
x-intercepts: 0 x2 x 2
0 x 2 x 1 y 0; 0, 0
x 2, 1; 2, 0 , 1, 0 x 2 3x
x-intercepts: 0 2
3x 1
20. y 2
x 4x
3
x x3
0 2
y-intercept: y 2
0 40
3
3x 1
y 0; 0, 0 x 0, 3; 0, 0 , 3, 0
x-intercepts: 0 x3 4 x
25. x 2 y x 2 4 y 0
0 x x2 x 2
y-intercept: 02 y 02 4 y 0
x 0, r 2; 0, 0 , r 2, 0
y 0; 0, 0
21. y x 16 x 2
x-intercept: x 2 0 x 2 4 0 0
y-intercept: y 0 16 0 2
0; 0, 0 x 0; 0, 0
x-intercepts: 0 x 16 x 2
26. y 2x x2 1
0 x 4 x 4 x
y-intercept: y 20 02 1
x 0, 4, 4; 0, 0 , 4, 0 , 4, 0
y 1; 0, 1
22. y x 1 x2 1 x-intercept: 0 2x x2 1
y-intercept: y 0 1 02 1 2x x2 1
y 1; 0, 1 4 x2 x2 1
3x 2 1
x-intercept: 0 x 1 x2 1
1
x 1; 1, 0 x2
3
3
2 x x r
23. y 3
5x 1
3 § 3 ·
x ;¨ , 0 ¸¸
2 0 3 ¨© 3 ¹
y -intercept: y 2; 0, 2
50 1
Note: x 3 3 is an extraneous solution.
2 x
x-intercept: 0
5x 1 27. Symmetric with respect to the y-axis because
0 2 x y x
2
6 x 2 6.
x 4; 4, 0
28. y x2 x
No symmetry with respect to either axis or the origin.
29. Symmetric with respect to the x-axis because
2
y y2 x3 8 x.
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