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02:02:24 `q001. Note that this assignment has 6 questions The function y = a x^2 + b x + c takes the value y = 0 when x = [ -b + `sqrt(b^2 - 4 a c ] / (2 a) or when x = [ -b - `sqrt(b^2 - 4 a c ] / (2 a). For the function y = - 0.45833 x^2 + 5.33333 x - 6.875, which you obtained as a quadratic model of the points (1, -2), (3, 5) and (7, 8) in the preceding assignment, find the values of x for which y = 0. Compare to the estimates you made from the graph through (1,-2), (3, 5) and (7, 8) in Assignment 1.
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RESPONSE --> 0 = [ -5.33333 +- `sqrt(5.33333^2 - 4*-.045833*-6.875)] / (2 * -0.45833) = [-5.33333 +- `sqrt(28.4444 - 4 * -0.45833 * -6.875)] / -0.91666 = [-5.33333 +- `sqrt(15.84001)] / -0.91666 = 5.81818 +- 4.3417968 x = 1.48 x = 10.16 i estimated that x would equal about 1.5, so i guess i wasn't far off.
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02:02:44 For the function y = - 0.45833 x^2 + 5.33333 x - 6.875 we have a = -0.45833, b = 5.33333 and c = -6.875. The quadratic formula therefore tells us that for our function we have y = 0 when x = [-5.33333 + `sqrt(5.33333^2 - 4 * (-0.45833 ) * (-6.875)) ] / ( 2 * (-0.45833)) = 1.47638 and when x = [-5.33333 - `sqrt(5.33333^2 - 4 * (-0.45833 ) * (-6.875)) ] / ( 2 * (-0.45833)) = 10.16006.
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RESPONSE --> ok
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02:05:14 `q002. Extend the smooth curve in your sketch to include both points at which y = 0. Estimate the x value at which y takes its maximum value.
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RESPONSE --> a little below x = 7, maybe x = 6.5 or so.
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02:05:52 Your graph should clearly show how the parabola passes through the x axis at the points where x is approximately 1.5 (corresponding to the more accurate value 1.47638 found in the preceding problem) and where takes is a little more than 10 (corresponding to the more accurate value 10.16006 found in the preceding problem). The graph of the parabola will peak halfway between these x values, at approximately x = 6 (actually closer to x = 5.8), where the y value will be between 8 and 9.
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RESPONSE --> ok
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02:12:03 `q003. For the function of the preceding two questions, y will take its maximum value when x is halfway between the two values at which y = 0. Recall that these two values are approximately x = 1.48 and x = 10.16. At what x value will the function take its maximum value? What will be this value? What are the coordinates of the highest point on the graph?
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RESPONSE --> 1.48 + 10.16 = 11.64 / 2 x= 5.82 y = -0.45833(5.82^2) + 5.33333(5.82) - 6.875 y = -15.524737 + 31.03998 - 6.875 y = 8.64
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02:12:15 The x value halfway between x = 1.48 and x = 10.16 is the average x = (1.48 + 10.16) / 2 = 5.82. At x = 5.82 we have y = - 0.45833 x^2 + 5.33333 x - 6.875 = -.45833 * 5.82^2 + 5.33333 * 5.82 - 6.875 = 8.64 approx.. Thus the graph of the function will be a parabola whose maximum occurs at its vertex (5.82, 8.64).
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RESPONSE --> ok
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02:19:37 `q004. The function y = a x^2 + b x + c has a graph which is a parabola. This parabola will have either a highest point or a lowest point, depending upon whether it opens upward or downward. In either case this highest or lowest point is called the vertex of the parabola. The vertex of a parabola will occur when x = -b / (2a). At what x value, accurate to five significant figures, will the function y = - 0.458333 x^2 + 5.33333 x - 6.875 take its maximum value? Accurate to five significant figures, what is the corresponding y value?
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RESPONSE --> x = -5.33333 / (2 * -0.45833) x = -5.33333 / -0.91666 x = 5.81822 y = -0.458333(5.81822^2) + 5.33333(5.81822) - 6.875 y = 8.64014
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02:22:52 In the preceding problem we approximated the x value at which the function is maximized by averaging 1.48 and 10.16, the x values at which the function is zero. Here we will use x = -b / (2 a) to obtain x value at which function is maximized: x = -b / (2a) = 5.33333 / (2 * -0.45833) = 5.81818. To find corresponding y value we substitute x = 5.81818 into y = - 0.458333 x^2 + 5.33333 x - 6.875 to obtain y = 8.64024. Thus the vertex of the parabola lies at (5.81818, 8.64024).
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RESPONSE --> hm, strange, my answers were very slightly different. I punched them in, and still got the same thing, too, so I don't know what's causing that.
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02:40:20 `q005. As we just saw the vertex of the parabola defined by the function y = - 0.45833 x^2 + 5.33333 x - 6.875 lies at (5.8182, 8.6402). What is the value of x at a point on the parabola which lies 1 unit to the right of the vertex, and what is the value of x at a point on the parabola which lies one unit to the left of the vertex? What is the value of y corresponding to each of these x values? By how much does each of these y values differ from the y value at the vertex, and how could you have determined this number by the equation of the function?
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RESPONSE --> x one unit to the right would be 6.8182, and x one unit to the left would be 4.8182. y = -0.45833(6.8182^2) + 5.33333(6.8182) - 6.875 y = 8.18193 y = -0.45833(4.8182^2) + 5.33333(4.8182) - 6.875 y = 8.18193 So they're the same. which makes sense, I suppose. they differ by -0.45827, which is really close to -0.45833...what we multiplied x^2 by.
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02:43:16 The vertex lies at x = 5.8182, so the x values of points lying one unit to the right and left of the vertex must be x = 6.8182 and x = 4.8182. At these x values we find by substituting into the function y = - 0.458333 x^2 + 5.33333 x - 6.875 that at both points y = 8.1818. Each of these y values differs from the maximum y value, which occurs at the vertex, by -0.4584. This number is familiar. Within roundoff error is identical to to the coefficient of x^2 in the original formula y = - 0.458333 x^2 + 5.33333 x - 6.875. This will always be the case. If we move one unit to the right or left of the vertex of the parabola defined by a quadratic function y = a x^2 + b x + c, the y value always differ from the y value at the vertex by the coefficient a of x^2. Remember this.
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RESPONSE --> OK...the y value when we move a unit left or right of the vertex will differ from the vertex's y value by a.
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02:51:35 `q006. In the preceding problem we saw an instance of the following rule: The function y = a x^2 + b x + c has a graph which is a parabola. This parabola has a vertex. If we move 1 unit in the x direction from the vertex, moving either 1 unit to the right or to the left, then move vertically a units, we end up at another point on the graph of the parabola. In assignment 2 we obtained the solution a = -1, b = 10, c = 100 for a system of three simultaneous linear equations. If these linear equations had been obtained from 3 points on a graph, we would then have the quadratic model y = -1 x^2 + 10 x + 100 for those points. What would be the coordinates of the vertex of this parabola? What would be the coordinates of the points on the parabola which lie 1 unit to the right and one unit to the left of the vertex? Sketch a graph with these three points, and sketch a parabola through these points. Will this parabola ever touch the x axis?
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RESPONSE --> x = -b / 2a = -10/ -2 = 5 y = -(5^2) + 10(5) + 100 y = 125 So the vertex is at (5, 125) (4, 124) and (6, 124) It should touch the x-axis in two places, eventually.
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02:52:45 09-17-2006 02:52:45 The vertex of the parabola given by y = -1 x^2 + 10 x + 100 will lie at x = -b / (2 a) = -10 / (2 * -1) = 5. At the vertex the y value will therefore be y = -1 x^2 + 10 x + 100 = -1 * 5^2 + 10 * 5 + 100 = 125. It follows that if we move 1 unit in the x direction to the right or left, the y value will change by a = -1. The y value will therefore change from 125 to 124, and we will have the 3 'fundamental points' (4, 124), (5, 125), and (6, 124). Your graph should show a parabola peaking at (5, 125) and descending slightly as we move 1 unit to the right or left of this vertex. The parabola will then descend more and more rapidly, eventually crossing the x-axis both to the left and to the right of the vertex. The points to the right and left show clearly that the parabola descends from its vertex. This is because in this case a = -1, a negative value, which effectively pulls the parabola down on either side of the vertex. Had the value of a been positive, the points one unit to the right and left would lie above the vertex and the parabola would asscend from its vertex.
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NOTES -------> ok, so a shows whether the parabola opens up or down-- if it's positive, it'll open up, and if it's negative, it'll open down.
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21:36:55 `q001. Note that this assignment has 4 questions If f(x) = x^2 + 4, then find the values of the following: f(3), f(7) and f(-5). Plot the corresponding points on a graph of y = f(x) vs. x. Give a good description of your graph.
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RESPONSE --> f(3) = 3^2 + 4 = 13 f(7) = 7^2 + 4 = 53 f(-5) = (-5)^2 + 4 = 29 The three points seem to be part of a parabola, with the vertex at (0, 4)
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21:40:07 f(x) = x^2 + 4. To find f(3) we replace x by 3 to obtain f(3) = 3^2 + 4 = 9 + 4 = 13. Similarly we have f(7) = 7^2 + 4 = 49 + 4 = 53 and f(-5) = (-5)^2 + 9 = 25 + 4 = 29. Graphing f(x) vs. x we will plot the points (3, 13), (7, 53), (-5, 29). The graph of f(x) vs. x will be a parabola passing through these points, since f(x) is seen to be a quadratic function, with a = 1, b = 0 and c = 4. The x coordinate of the vertex is seen to be -b/(2 a) = -0/(2*1) = 0. The y coordinate of the vertex will therefore be f(0) = 0 ^ 2 + 4 = 0 + 4 = 4. Moving along the graph one unit to the right or left of the vertex (0,4) we arrive at the points (1,5) and (-1,5) on the way to the three points we just graphed.
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RESPONSE --> ok
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21:48:21 `q002. If f(x) = x^2 + 4, then give the symbolic expression for each of the following: f(a), f(x+2), f(x+h), f(x+h)-f(x) and [ f(x+h) - f(x) ] / h. Expand and/or simplify these expressions as appropriate.
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RESPONSE --> f(a) = a^2 + 4 f (x+2) = (x + 2)^2 + 4 = x^2 + 4x + 4 + 4 = x^2 + 4x + 8 f(x+h) = (x + h)^2 + 4 = x^2 + h^2 + 2xh + 4 f(x+h) - f(x) = x^2 + h^2 + 2xh + 4 - (x^2 + 4) = h ^ 2 + 2xh [(f(x+h) - f(x)] / h = (h^2 + 2xh) / h = h + 2x
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21:49:12 If f(x) = x^2 + 4, then the expression f(a) is obtained by replacing x with a: f(a) = a^2 + 4. Similarly to find f(x+2) we replace x with x + 2: f(x+2) = (x + 2)^2 + 4, which we might expand to get (x^2 + 4 x + 4) + 4 or x^2 + 4 x + 8. To find f(x+h) we replace x with x + h to obtain f(x+h) = (x + h)^2 + 4 = x^2 + 2 h x + h^2 + 4. To find f(x+h) - f(x) we use the expressions we found for f(x) and f(x+h): f(x+h) - f(x) = [ x^2 + 2 h x + h^2 + 4 ] - [ x^2 + 4 ] = x^2 + 2 h x + 4 + h^2 - x^2 - 4 = 2 h x + h^2. To find [ f(x+h) - f(x) ] / h we can use the expressions we just obtained to see that [ f(x+h) - f(x) ] / h = [ x^2 + 2 h x + h^2 + 4 - ( x^2 + 4) ] / h = (2 h x + h^2) / h = 2 x + h.
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RESPONSE --> ok
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21:55:19 `q003. If f(x) = 5x + 7, then give the symbolic expression for each of the following: f(x1), f(x2), [ f(x2) - f(x1) ] / ( x2 - x1 ). Note that x1 and x2 stand for subscripted variables (x with subscript 1 and x with subscript 2), not for x * 1 and x * 2. x1 and x2 are simply names for two different values of x. If you aren't clear on what this means please ask the instructor.
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RESPONSE --> f(x1) = 5(x1) + 7 f(x2) = 5(x2) + 7 [5x2 + 7 - (5x1 + 7)] / (x2 - x1) = [5x2 - 5x1] / x2 - x1 = 4(x2) - 4(x1)
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21:57:46 Replacing x by the specified quantities we obtain the following: f(x1) = 5 * x1 + 7, f(x2) = 5 * x2 + 7, [ f(x2) - f(x1) ] / ( x2 - x1) = [ 5 * x2 + 7 - ( 5 * x1 + 7) ] / ( x2 - x1) = [ 5 x2 + 7 - 5 x1 - 7 ] / (x2 - x1) = (5 x2 - 5 x1) / ( x2 - x1). We can factor 5 out of the numerator to obtain 5 ( x2 - x1 ) / ( x2 - x1 ) = 5.
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RESPONSE --> Okay, I just made a mistake in the last one in simplifying during the last step. I see why it's 5.
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21:59:22 `q004. If f(x) = 5x + 7, then for what value of x is f(x) equal to -3?
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RESPONSE --> f(x) = 5x + 7 -3 = 5x + 7 -10 = 5x x = -2
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21:59:26 If f(x) is equal to -3 then we right f(x) = -3, which we translate into the equation 5x + 7 = -3. We easily solve this equation (subtract 7 from both sides then divide both sides by 5) to obtain x = -2.
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RESPONSE --> ok
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