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Question:  `qQuery   4 basic function families

 

What are the four basic functions? 

 

What are the generalized forms of the four basic functions?

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Given Solution: 

** STUDENT RESPONSE: 

 

Linear is y=mx+b

Quadratic is y=ax^2 + bx +c

Exponential is y= A*2^ (kx)+c

Power = A (x-h)^p+c

 

INSTRUCTOR COMMENTS: 

 

These are the generalized forms.  The basic functions are y = x, y = x^2, y = 2^x and y = x^p. **

 

 

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Question:  `qFor a function f(x), what is the significance of the function A f(x-h) + k and how does its graph compare to that of f(x)?

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** STUDENT RESPONSE:  A designates the x strectch factor while h affects a y shift & k affects an x shift

 

INSTRUCTOR COMMENTS: 

 

 k is the y shift for a simple enough reason -- if you add k to the y value it raises the graph by k units.

 

h is the x shift.  The reason isn't quite as simple, but not that hard to understand.  It's because when x is replaced by x - h the y values on the table shift 'forward' by h units.

 

A is a multiplier.  When all y values are multiplied by A that moves them all A times as far from the x axis, which is what causes the stretch.

 

Thus A f(x-h) + k is obtained from f(x) by vertical stretch A, horizontal shift h and vertical shift k.

 

The two aren't the same, but of course they're closely related.  **

 

 

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Question:  `q query    introduction to rates and slopes, problem 1   ave vel for function depth(t) = .02t^2 - 5t + 150

 

give the average rate of depth change with respect to clock time from t = 20 to t = 40

 

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Given Solution: 

** depth(20) = .02(20^2) - 5(20) + 150 = 58

depth(40) = .02(40^2) - 5(40) + 150 = -18

 

change in depth = depth(40) - depth(20) = -18 - 58 = -76

change in clock time = 40 - 20 = 20.

 

Ave rate of depth change with respect to clock time = change in depth / change in clock time = -76 / 20 = -3.8 **

 

 

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Question:  `qWhat is the average rate of depth change with respect to clock time from t = 60 to t = 80?

 

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Given Solution: 

** depth(60) = .02(60^2) - 5(60) + 150 = -78

depth(80) = .02(80^2) - 5(80) + 150 = -122

 

change in depth = depth(80) - depth(60) = -122 - (-78)  = -44

change in clock time = 40 - 20 = 20.

 

Ave rate of depth change with respect to clock time = change in depth / change in clock time = -44 / 20 = -2.2 **

 

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Question:  `qdescribe your graph of y = .02t^2 - 5t + 150

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Given Solution: 

** The graph is a parabola.

 

y = .02t^2 - 5t + 150 has vertex at x = -b / (2a) = -(-5) / (2 * .02) = 125, at which point y = .02 (125^2) - 5(125) + 150 = -162.5.

 

The graph opens upward, intercepting the x axis at about t = 35 and t = 215.

 

Up to t = 125 the graph is decreasing at a decreasing rate.  That is, it's decreasing but the slopes, which are negative, are increasing toward 0.**

 

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Question:  `qdescribe the pattern to the depth change rates

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Given Solution: 

** Rates are -3.8, -3 and -2.2 for the three intervals (20,40), (40,60) and (60,80).

 

For each interval of `dt = 20 the rate changes by +.8. **

 

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Question:  `qquery    problem 2.   ave rates at midpoint times

 

what is the average rate of depth change with respect to clock time for the 1-second time interval centered at the 50 sec midpoint?

 

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Given Solution: 

** The 1-sec interval centered at t = 50 is 49.5 < t < 50.5.

 

For depth(t) = .02t^2 - 5t + 150 we have

 

ave rate = [depth(50.5) - depth(49.5)]/(50.5 - 49.5) = -3 / 1 = -3. **

 

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Question:  `qwhat is the average rate of change with respect to clock time for the six-second time interval centered at the midpoint.

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Given Solution: 

** The 6-sec interval centered at t = 50 is 47 < t < 53.

 

For depth(t) = .02t^2 - 5t + 150 we have ave rate = [depth(53) - depth(47)]/(53 - 47) = -18 / 6 = -3. **

 

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Question:  `qWhat did you observe about your two results?

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Given Solution: 

** The two rates match each other, and they also match the average rate for the interval 40 < t < 60, which is also centered at t = 50.

 

 For a quadratic function, and only for a quadratic function, the rate is the same for all intervals having the same midpoint.  This is a property unique to quadratic functions.  **

 

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Question:  `qquery    problem 3.  ave rates at midpt times for temperature function Temperature(t) = 75(2^(-.05t)) + 25.  

 

What is the average rate of temperature change with respect to clock time for the 1-second time interval centered at the 50 sec midpoint?

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Confidence Assessment:

Given Solution: 

f(50.5) = 38.03048331 deg

f(49.5) = 38.49000231 deg

The change is -0.4595190014 deg.  The change in clock time is 1 second.

So the average rate is

STUDENT RESPONSE:  .46 degrees/sec

 

INSTRUCTOR COMMENT:  More precisely -.4595 deg/sec, and this does not agree exactly with the result for the 6-second interval.

 

Remember that you need to look at enough significant figures to see if there is a difference between apparently identical results.**

 

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Question:  `qwhat is the average rate of change for the six-second time interval centered at the midpoint.

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Given Solution: 

STUDENT RESPONSE:  .46 degrees/minute

 

INSTRUCTOR COMMENT:

 

The 1- and 6-second results might possibly be the same to two significant figures, but they aren't the same.  Be sure to recalculate these according to my notes above and verify this for yourself.

 

The average rate for the 6-second interval is -.4603 deg/sec.  It differs from the average rate -.4595 deg/min, calculated over the 1-second interval, by more than -.0008 deg/sec. 

 

This differs from the behavior of the quadratic.  For a quadratic that the results for all intervals centered at the same point will all agree.  This is not the case for the present function, which is exponential.  Exact agreement is a characteristic of quadratic functions, and of no other type. **

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