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Basic Unit 2 Practice

This document contains a summary of topics covered in Precalculus Tests 4.3-5.4, including finding domains and ranges of rational functions, graphing functions using transformations, finding intercepts and asymptotes of functions, solving rational inequalities, composite functions, inverse functions, and word problems involving rates of change, exponential growth, and modeling with functions. The questions cover skills essential to precalculus such as analyzing functions algebraically and graphically, working with inequalities, and applying functions to real world scenarios.

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Basic Unit 2 Practice

This document contains a summary of topics covered in Precalculus Tests 4.3-5.4, including finding domains and ranges of rational functions, graphing functions using transformations, finding intercepts and asymptotes of functions, solving rational inequalities, composite functions, inverse functions, and word problems involving rates of change, exponential growth, and modeling with functions. The questions cover skills essential to precalculus such as analyzing functions algebraically and graphically, working with inequalities, and applying functions to real world scenarios.

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Precalculus Test 4.3-5.

4 Revision
1. Find the domain of the rational function.
H(x) =

2. Use the graph to determine the domain and range of the function.

3. Graph the function using transformations.


f(x) =

4. Graph the function using transformations.


f(x) = +1
8. Find the vertical asymptotes of the rational function.
R(x) =

9. Find the vertical asymptotes of the rational function.


G(x) =

a. x = 49 c. x = -7, x = 7
b. x = 7 d. x = -7
10. Give the equation of the horizontal asymptote, if any, of the function.
G(x) =

11. Give the equation of the oblique asymptote, if any, of the function.
T(x) =

12. Give the equation of the oblique asymptote, if any, of the function.
R(x) =

13. Solve the problem.


A company that produces radios has costs given by the function , where x is the number
of radios manufactured and C(x) is measured in dollars. The average cost to manufacture each radio is given
by

(x) = .

Find (200). (Round to the nearest dollar, if necessary.)


14. Find the domain of the rational function.
g(x) =

15. Find the domain of the rational function.


f(x) =

16. Find the indicated intercept(s) of the graph of the function.


y-intercept of f(x) =

17. Find the indicated intercept(s) of the graph of the function.


y-intercept of f(x) =

18. Find the indicated intercept(s) of the graph of the function.


x-intercepts of f(x) =

19. Find the indicated intercept(s) of the graph of the function.


x-intercepts of f(x) =
20. Find the indicated intercept(s) of the graph of the function.
x-intercepts of f(x) =

21. Graph the function.


f(x) =

22. Solve the problem.


The concentration of a drug in the bloodstream, measured in milligrams per liter, can be modeled by the

function, where t is the number of minutes after injection of the drug. When will the drug be
at its highest concentration? Approximate your answer rounded to two decimal places.
23. Solve the problem.
Economists use what is called a Leffer curve to predict the government revenue for tax rates from 0% to
100%. Economists agree that the end points of the curve generate 0 revenue, but disagree on the tax rate that

produces the maximum revenue. Suppose an economist produces this rational function,
where R is revenue in millions at a tax rate of x percent. Use a graphing calculator to graph the function.
What tax rate produces the maximum revenue? What is the maximum revenue?

24. Solve the inequality by using the graph of the function.


f(x) > 0, where f(x) = (x + 4)(x - 1)2.
25. Solve the inequality algebraically. Express the solution in interval notation.
x3 - 8x2 > 0
26. Solve the inequality algebraically. Express the solution in interval notation.
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27. For the given functions f and g, find the requested composite function value.
f(x) = 13x2 - 4x, g(x) = 19x - 9; Find (f g)(5).

28. For the given functions f and g, find the requested composite function value.
f(x) = , g(x) = ; Find (f g)(15).

29. Find functions f and g so that f g = H.


H(x) = (5 - 2x3)2
30. Solve the problem.
The population P of a predator mammal depends upon the number x of a smaller animal that is its primary
food source. The population s of the smaller animal depends upon the amount a of a certain plant that is its
primary food source. If and what is the relationship between the predator
mammal and the plant food source?
31. Find the domain of the composite function f g.
f(x) = ; g(x) =

32. Graph the function as a solid line or curve and its inverse as a dashed line or curve on the same axes.
f(x) = 3x

33. Decide whether or not the functions are inverses of each other.
f(x) = 3x + 9, g(x) = x-3

34. The function f is one-to-one. Find its inverse.


f(x) = 5x + 4
35. The function f is one-to-one. Find its inverse.
f(x) =
36. The function f is one-to-one. Find its inverse.
f(x) =
37. Find a formula for the inverse of the function described below.
A size 12 dress in Country C is size 46 in Country D. A function that converts dress sizes in Country C to
those in Country D is
38. Solve the problem.
If 6x = 6,what does 6-3x equal?
39. Solve the problem.
If 5-x = , what does 25x equal?

40. Solve the equation.


64x - 3 = 84x
41. Solve the problem.
A city is growing at the rate of 0.4% annually. If there were 3,239,000 residents in the city in 1994, find how
many (to the nearest ten-thousand) were living in that city in 2000. Use
42. Solve the problem.
A rumor is spread at an elementary school with 1200 students according to the model
where N is the number of students who have heard the rumor and d is the number of days that have elapsed
since the rumor began. How many students will have heard the rumor after 5 days?

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