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Your solution, attempt at solution. If you are unable to attempt a solution, give a phrase-by-phrase interpretation of the problem along with a statement of what you do or do not understand about it. This response should be given, based on the work you did in completing the assignment, before you look at the given solution.

 

022. `query 22

 

Question: `qExplain why the function y = x^-p has a vertical asymptote at x = 0.

 

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Given Solution:

`a** x^-p = 1 / x^p.

 

As x gets closer to 0, x^p gets closer to 0. Dividing 1 by a number which gets closer and closer to 0 gives us a result

with larger and larger magnitude.

 

There is no limit to how close x can get to 0, so there is no limit to how many times x^p can divide into 1.

 

This results in y = x^p values that approach infinite distance from the x axis. The graph therefore approaches a vertical limit. **

 

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Question: `qExplain why the function y = (x-h)^-p has a vertical asymptote at x = h.

 

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Given Solution:

`a** (x-h)^-p = 1 / (x-h)^p.

 

As x gets closer to h, (x-h)^p gets closer to 0. Dividing 1 by a number which gets closer and closer to 0 gives us a result with larger and larger magnitude.

 

There is no limit to how close x can get to h, so there is no limit to how many times (x-h)^p can divide into 1.

 

This results in y = (x-h)^p values that approach infinite distance from the x axis as x approaches h. The graph therefore approaches a vertical limit.

 

This can also be seen as a horizontal shift of the y = x^-p function. Replacing x by x - h shifts the graph h units in the x direction, so the asymptote at x = 0 shifts to x = h. **

 

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Question: `qExplain why the function y = (x-h)^-p is identical to that of x^-p except for the shift of h units in the x direction.

 

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Given Solution:

`aSTUDENT ANSWER: You end up with the exact same y values but at the different position of x changed by the h value.

 

INSTRUCTOR COMMENT: Good start. More specifically the x value at which a given y value occurs is shifted h

units, so that for example y = x^p is zero when x = 0, but y = (x - h)^p is zero when x = h.

 

To put this as a series of questions (you are welcome to insert answers to these questions, using #$&* before and after each insertion)::

 

Assume that p is positive.

For what value of x is x^p equal to zero?

For what value of x is (x - 5)^p equal to zero?

For what value of x is (x - 1)^p equal to zero?

For what value of x is (x - 12)^p equal to zero?

For what value of x is (x - h)^p equal to zero?

 

For example, the figure below depicts the p = 3 power functions x^3, (x-1)^3 and (x-5)^3.

 

Assume now that p is negative.

For what value of x does the graph of y = x^p have a vertical asymptote?

For what value of x does the graph of y = (x-1)^p have a vertical asymptote?

For what value of x does the graph of y = (x-5)^p have a vertical asymptote?

For what value of x does the graph of y = (x-12)^p have a vertical asymptote?

For what value of x does the graph of y = (x-h)^p have a vertical asymptote?

 

For example, the figure below depicts the p = -3 power functions x^-3 and (x-5)^-3.

 

 

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Question: `qGive your table (increment .4) showing how the y = x^-3 function can be transformed first into y = (x - .4) ^ -3, then into y = -2 (x - .4) ^ -3, and finally into y = -2 (x - .4) ^ -3 + .6.

 

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Given Solution:

`a** The table is as follows (note that column headings might not line up correctly with the columns):

 

x	y = x^3	y = (x-0.4)^(-3)	y = -2 (x-0.4)^(-3)	y = -2 (x-0.4)^(-3) + .6
-0.8	-1.953	-0.579	1.16	1.76
-0.4	-15.625	-1.953	3.90	4.50
0	div by 0	-15.625	31.25	32.85
0.4	15.625	div by 0	div by 0	div by 0
0.8	1.953	15.625	-31.25	-30.65

 

 

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Question: `qExplain how your table demonstrates this transformation and describe the graph that depicts the transformation. 

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Given Solution:

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y = x^-3 transforms into y = (x - .4)^-3, shifting the basic points .4 unit to the right. The vertical asymptote at the y axis (x = 0) shifts to the vertical line x = .4. The x axis is a horizontal asymptote.

 

y = -2 (x - .4)^-3 vertically stretches the graph by factor -2, moving every point twice as far from the x axis and also to the opposite side of the x axis. This leaves the vertical line x = .4 as a vertical asymptote. The x axis remains a horizontal asymptote.

 

y = -2 ( x - .4)^-3 + 6 vertically shifts the graph +6 units. This has the effect of maintaining the shape of the graph but raising the horizontal asymptote to x = 6.

 

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Question: `qDescribe your graphs of y = x ^ .5 and y = 3 x^.5. Describe how your graph depicts the ratios of y values between the two functions.

 

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Given Solution:

`a*&*& This is a power function y = x^p with p = .5.

 

The basic points of y = x^.5 are (0, 0), (.5, .707), (1, 1), (2, 1.414).

• Attempting to find a basic point at x = -1 we find that -1^-.5 is not a real number, leading us to the conclusion that y = x^.5 is not defined for negative values of x.

• The graph therefore begins at the origin and increases at a decreasing rate.

• However since we can make x^.5 as large as we wish by making x sufficiently large, there is no horizontal asymptote.

 

y = 3 x^.5 vertically stretches the graph of y = x^.5 by factor 3, giving us basic points (0, 0), (.5, 2.12), (1, 3) and (2, 4.242).

• This graph is also increasing at a decreasing rate, staying 3 times as far from the x axis as the graph of the original y = x^.5.

 

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Question: `qExplain why the graph of A f(x-h) + k is different than the graph of A [ f(x-h) + k ], and describe the difference.

 

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Given Solution:

`a** The first graph is obtained from y = f(x) by first vertically stretching by factor A, then horizontall shifting h units and finally vertically shifting k units.

 

The graph of A [f(x-h) + k] is obtained by first doing what is in brackets, horizontally shifting h units then vertically shifting k units before doing the vertical stretch by factor A. Thus the vertical stretch applies to the vertical shift in addition to the values of the function. This results in different y coordinates and a typically a very different graph.

 

 

 

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If you understand the assignment and were able to solve the previously given problems from your worksheets, you should be able to complete most of the following problems quickly and easily.  If you experience difficulty with some of these problems, you will be given notes and we will work to resolve difficulties.

 

Question:  Explain why the function y = (x - 3) ^ (-2) has a vertical asymptote at x = +3, while the function y = (x + 3)^(-2) has a vertical asymptote at x = -3. 

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Question:  Use a table containing appropriate values to demonstrate the transformation of the y = x^(.5) function into the y = 2 (x - 3) ^ .5 - 1 function, as a series of transformations in which the original function is transformed first to y = 2 x^.5, then to y = 2 ( x - 3) ^ .5, then finally to the final form.

Briefly describe the original graph, and how the graph changes with each successive transformation.

 

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Question:  Starting with the function y = f(x), describe the series of graphical transformations required to transform its graph to the graph of y = A f(x - h) + k.

 

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