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Question: *  6.3.40 / 7th edition 5.3.38. Explain how you used transformations to graph f(x) = 2^(x+2)

 

The function y = 2 ^ ( x+2) is a transformation of the basic function y = 2^x, with x replaced by x - 2. So the graph moves 2 units in the x direction.

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Your solution:

When you make the x/y chart with y=2^x the coordinates you get are (-3, .125); (-2, .25); (-1, .5); (0, 1); (1, 2); (2, 4); and (3,8) and then the graph curves up at an increasing rate to the right with (0,1) as the y-intercept.

Now add 2 to the equation and the coordinates become (-3, .5); (-2, 1); (-1, 2); (0, 4); (1, 8); (2, 16); and (3,32) and when you graph it, it still increases to the right at an increasing rate, just a little more than the first version and the y-intercept is now 2 units above the last one

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Given Solution:

The graph of y = 2^x is asymptotic to the negative x axis, increases at a rapidly increasing rate and passes through ( 0, 1 ) and (1, 2). The graph of y = 2^(x+2), being shifted in only the x direction, is also asymptotic to the negative x axis and passes through the points (0 - 2, 1) = (2, 1) and (1 - 2, 2) = (3, 2). The graph also increases at a rapidly increasing rate.

 

All the points of the graph of y = 2^(x + 2) lie 2 units to the left of points on the graph of y = 2^x.

 

To understand why the graph shifts to the left, and why we used the points (0 - 2, 1) = (2, 1) and (1 - 2, 2) = (3, 2) as a basis for the graph, consider the tables for y = 2^x and y = 2^(x + 2).  The tables are given below:

 

x

y = 2^x

 

x

y = 2^(x+2)     

-3

1/8

 

-3

1/2

-2

1/4

 

-2

1

-1

1/2

 

-1

2

0

1

 

0

4

1

2

 

1

8

2

4

 

2

16

3

8

 

3

32

Observe that the y values 1/2, 1, 2, 4 and 8 in the y = 2^(x+2) column also occur in the y = 2^x column, but for different values of x:

The values of x for the y = 2^(x+2) function, corresponding to y values 1/2, 1, 2 and 4, are 2 units less than for the y = 2^x function.

This occurs because the exponent x + 2 is 2 units greater than the exponent x, so that x + 2 is always 2 units 'ahead' of the value of x.  Thus y = 2^(x + 2) reaches its values 'earlier' than y = 2^x (for example y = 2^(x + 1) reaches the value y = 8 when x = 1, whereas y = 2^x doesn't reach y = 8 until x = 3). 

This causes the y = 2^(x + 2) graph to be shifted 2 units to the left, relative to the graph of y = 2^x.

The figure below depicts the graphs of the two functions:

 

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Question: *  Extra Problem / 7th edition 5.3.42. Transformations to graph f(x) = 1 - 3 * 2^x

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I started by making x:y charts with x= -3 through 3 First I started with basic y=2^x and got the coordinates (-3, .125); (-2, .25); (-1, .5); (0, 1); (1, 2); (2, 4); and (3,8). You already know what this looks like on a graph due to the previous question, but it increases to the right at an increasing rate.

Then when I make a chart with x:y=-3*2^x I multiplied all of the y coordinates from the first chart by -3 so that the points become (-3, -.375); (-2, -.75); (-1, -1.5); (0, -3); (1, -6); (2, -12); and (3,-24)

When you graph these coordinates, you get a slightly extended version of the line that decreases and an increasing rate

but when I made a chart that was x:y=1-3*2^x I had to add 1 to all of the y coordinates which resulted in (-3, .625); (-2, .25); (-1, -.5); (0, -2); (1, -5); (2, -11); and (3,-23) and when you graph it, you find that the line just shifted up 1 unit

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Given Solution:

* * 1 - 3 * 2^x is obtained from y = 2^x by first vertically stretching the graph by factor -3, then by shifting this graph 1 unit in the vertical direction.

 

The graph of y = 2^x is asymptotic to the negative x axis, increases at a rapidly increasing rate and passes through ( 0, 1 ) and (1, 2).

 

-3 * 2^x will approach zero as 2^x approaches zero, so the graph of y = -3 * 2^x will remain asymptotic to the negative x axis. The points (0, 1) and (1, 2) will be transformed to (0, -3* 1) = (0, -3) and (1, -3 * 2) = (1, -6). So the graph will decrease from its asymptote just below the x axis through the points (0, -3) and (1, -6), decreasing at a rapidly decreasing rate.

 

To get the graph of 1 - 3 * 2^x the graph of -3 * 2^x will be vertically shifted 1 unit. This will raise the horizontal asymptote from the x axis (which is the line y = 0) to the line y = 1, and will also raise every other point by 1 unit. The points (0, -3) and (1, -6) will be transformed to (0, -3 + 1) = (0, -2) and (1, -6 + 5) = (1, -5), decreasing from its asymptote just below the line y = 1 through the points (0, -2) and (1, -5), decreasing at a rapidly decreasing rate.

 

If you don't understand the above, then do as follows, without looking up at the solution given so far:

Plot the basic points (0, 1) and (1, 2) of the y = 2^x function.

Multiply your y values by 3 to get the basic points of the y = 3 * 2^x function, plot your points and sketch the graph (this is your 'vertical stretch'; you should see that it moves your original points 3 times as far from the x axis as before.  The same thing happens to all the points of the original y = 2^x graph--they all move 3 times as far from the x axis.)

Multiply your y values by -1.  This gives you the basic points of the y = - 3 * 2^x function, plot your points and sketch the graph..

Add 1 to your y values, plot your points and sketch your graph.  This gives you the basic points of the y = 1 -3 * 2^x function.  (It should be clear that this 'shifts' the points of your y = - 3 * 2^x graph 1 unit in the vertical direction).

Having done this, look again at the given solution.

 

You might also consider the following table:

x

y = 2^x

y = 3 * 2^x

y = -3 * 2^x

y = 1 -3 * 2^x

0

1

3

-3

-2

1

2

6

-6

-5

It should be clear how this table demonstrates the process described above (get y values of basic function, multiply by 3, multiply by -1, add 1), and how you transform the 'basic points' from (0, 1) and (1, 2) to get (0, 3) and (1, 6), then (0, -3) and (1, -6) and finally (0, -2) and (1, -5).

 

You should identify these points on the graph depicted below, and having idenfied the basic points you should be able to identify which function is which.

 

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Question: *  Extra Problem / 7th edition 5.3.60 Solve (1/2)^(1-x) = 4.

 

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Your solution:

I didn't understand the ln thing, but found it on my calculator. So I guess I sort of get that if you go through the normal process of solving, just with ln involved you get

ln( (1/2)^(1 - x) = ln(4) and divide both sides by ln(1/2)

(1 - x) = ln(4) / ln(1/2) and then plug ln(4) / ln(1/2) into the calculator to get -2

so (1-x)=-2 and then get x=3(not 1 xp)

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Given Solution:

The reliable way to solve a problem of this nature is to recognize that the variable x occurs in an exponent, so we can 'get at it' by taking logs of both sides:

(1/2)^(1-x) = 4.  Taking the natural log of both sides, using the laws of logarithms, we get

ln( (1/2)^(1 - x) = ln(4)) so that

(1 - x) ln(1/2) = ln(4) and

(1 - x) = ln(4) / ln(1/2).  A calculator will reveal that ln(4) / ln(1/2) = -2, so that

1 - x = -2.  We easily solve for x, obtaining

x = 1.

It is also possible to reason this problem out directly, and in this case our reasoning leads us to an exact solution:

 

We first recognize one fact: 

4 is an integer power of 2, and 1/2 is an integer power of 2, so 4 must also be an integer power of 1/2.

Since 4 = 2^2, and since 1/2 = 2^-1, we can recognize that 4 = 2^-2, and reason as follows:

(1/2)^(-2) = 1 / (1/2)^2 = 1 / (1/4) = 4, so we know that the exponennt 1 - x must be -2

If 1 - x = -2, it follows that -x = -2 - 1 = -3 and x = 3.

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Question: *  6.3.98 / 7th edition 5.3.78 A(n) = A0 e^(-.35 n), area of wound after n days. What is the area after 3 days and what is the area after 10 days? Init area is 100 mm^2.

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plug 100 e^(-.35*3) in the calculator and approximately get 35

same thing with 100e^(-.35*10) and get approximately 3

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Given Solution:

* * If the initial area is 100 mm^2, then when n = 0 we have A(0) = A0 e^(-.35 * 0) = 100 mm^2.

 

Since e^0 = 1 this tells us that A0 = 100 mm^2.

 

So the function is A(n) = 100 mm^2 * e^(-.35 n).

 

To get the area after 3 days we evaluate the function for n = 3, obtainind A(3) = 100 mm^2 * e^(-.35 * 3) = 100 mm^3 * .35 = 35 mm^2 approx..

 

After to days we find that the area is A(10) = 100 mm^2 * e^(-.35 * 10) 100 mm^3 * .0302 = 3.02 mm^2 approx..

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Question: *  6.3.104 / 7th edition 5.3.84. Poisson probability 4^x e^-4 / x!, probability that x people will arrive in the next minute. What is the probability that 5 will arrive in the next minute, and what is the probability that 8 will arrive in the next minute?

 

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Statistics? How cruel... I get how you plug in 5 or 8 where the x is, and I know how to put e on my calculator, but I don't know how to put in the '!' should I have known that?

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Given Solution:

The probability that 5 will arrive in the next minute is P(5) = 4^5 * e^-4 / (5 !) = 1024 * .0183 / (5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1) = 1024 * .0183 / 120 = .152 approx..

 

The probability that 8 will arrive in the next minute is P(8) = 4^8 * e^-4 / (8 !) = .030 approx..

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Question: *  6.3.104 / 7th edition 5.3.84. Poisson probability 4^x e^-4 / x!, probability that x people will arrive in the next minute. What is the probability that 5 will arrive in the next minute, and what is the probability that 8 will arrive in the next minute?

 

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Statistics? How cruel... I get how you plug in 5 or 8 where the x is, and I know how to put e on my calculator, but I don't know how to put in the '!' should I have known that?

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Given Solution:

The probability that 5 will arrive in the next minute is P(5) = 4^5 * e^-4 / (5 !) = 1024 * .0183 / (5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1) = 1024 * .0183 / 120 = .152 approx..

 

The probability that 8 will arrive in the next minute is P(8) = 4^8 * e^-4 / (8 !) = .030 approx..

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