Math 105 sec 078

In-class exercise 1

June 3, 2013

Name:

Read each problem carefully and show your steps clearly. You are encouraged to work in groups.

1. State the form of the following linear equations:

(a) y = mx + b

(b) y y1 = m(x x1 )

(c) What does m and b stand for in the above two equations?

2. Given the linear equation 5x 8y = 16,

(a) What is its x-intercept and its y-intercept?
x-intercept:

y-intercept:

(b) Express the equation into slope-intercept form and point-slope form:
slope-intercept form:

point-slope form:

3. A car rental agency charges $75 per day plus 70 cents per mile.
(a) For a fixed day, express the cost of renting a car from this agency as a function of miles
driven, and draw the graph.
100

90

80

70

100

200

300

400

500

(b) How much does it cost to rent a car for a 1-day trip of 50 miles?

(c) The agency also offers a rental for a flat fee of $125 per day. How may miles must you drive
in order for this to be a better deal?

4. Given the quadratic function g(x) = 5x2 6x + 14

(a) Find its roots. Use the quadratic formula only if you cannot find the answer by factoring.

(b) Find its vertex. Is it a maximum or minimum point?

5. Given the quadratic function w(x) = 2x2 + 3x + 35

(a) Find its roots. Use the quadratic formula only if you cannot find the answer by factoring.

(b) Find its vertex. Is it a maximum or minimum point?

6. Let
C(x) = 2x(5 x), I(x) = x
(a) What types of functions are C and I ?

(b) Plot the two functions for xvalues in the interval [3, 6].
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
87654321
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

(c) Find the (i) maximum point and (ii) the roots of C.

(d) Find the point(s) of intersection of C(x) and I(x) for x values in [3, 6]. Can you think of an
example where this value is important?

7. Let

0
V (x) = (x 4)2

0
J(x) = x2

x0
0<x<2,
x2

x0
0<x<2
x2

(a) What kind of functions are they?

(b) Sketch both functions.

8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
87654321
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

(c) From the plot, can you find the points of intersection of these two functions?

9. When electric blenders are sold for p dollars apiece, manufacturers will supply p10 blenders to
local retailers, while the local demand will be 60 p blenders. A what market price will the
manufacturers supply of electric blenders be equal to the consumers demand for the blenders?
How many blenders will be sold at this price?

10. Evaluate the following limit, if it exists.

(a) limx2

x(x2 1)
x2 4

(b) limx3

x(x2 1)
x2 4

(c) limx9

x3
x9

(e) limx

x2 +5
3x3 2x+1

(f) limx

12x3
x+1

Solution for 10 f):

Note that the law of limits states that
lim

xa

f (x)
limxa f (x)
=
g(x)
limxa g(x)

is true ONLY IF 1. both limxa f (x) and limxa g(x) exists and 2. limxa g(x) 6= 0
As a result, if we did the following:
1 2x3
1/x3 2x3 /x3
= lim
x x + 1
x x/x3 + 1/x3
1/x3 2
= lim
x 1/x2 + 1/x3
cannot apply the law because limit of the denominator would be 0 !
lim

Therefore, the above approach is incorrect and misleading. Instead, we should

divide all terms by x (so that the denominator does not have 0 as a limit).
1/x 2x3 /x
1 2x3
= lim
x x/x + 1/x
x x + 1
lim

Distribute the limit operator (we can do this now because limit of denominator
is not 0 anymore):

limx 1/x 2 limx x2

1 + limx 1/x
0 2
=
1+0
=
=