... bushels of huckleberries per hour; Lollipop can devour L bushels of
huckleberries in C hours. Express your answers to parts (a) and (b) in terms of any or
all of the constants A, X, B, L, and C.
(a) ... manufacturer decides to switch to plastic lids and bottoms to eliminate
the taping problems. Assume that custom-made plastic lids and bottoms cost 7k
cents per square i...
... to Functions and Their Rates of Change
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Gottlieb, Robin (Robin Joan)
Calculus: an integrated approach to functions and their...
... Guardino, Sara Anderson, Michael Boezi, Susan Laferriere,
and Barbara Atkinson. And thanks to Elka Block and Frank Purcell, for their comments and
suggestions.
Finally, I want to thank the following ... with an evolving course and text. For its progress to this point
I’d like to thank all my students and all my fellow instructors and course assistants for their
fee...
... input 2 the output 7.
The value of f at2is7.
2
f
→ 7
f(2) =7
The expression y = f(x)is shorthand for “y is the output of f corresponding to an input
of x” and it is read “y equals f of x.” When we ... chances are that you’re at a bus stop. The symbol takes on a life of
its own when a Bostonian says, “I’ll take the ‘T’ downtown.” On the other hand, New Yorkers
look for a...
... 78 CHAPTER 2 Characterizing Functions and Introducing Rates of Change
(a) The increase in the price of a cup of coffee in Seattle from 1 970 to 2000
(b) The percent increase in the price of ... increase in the price of a cup of coffee in Seattle from 1 970 to 2000
(c) The average rate of change of the price of a cup of coffee from 1 970 to 2000
3. The graph o...
... (fg)(x), and
f
g
(x), and find their
domains.
39. f(x)=ax + b and g(x) = cx + d
40. f(x)=3x + 2and g(x) = 5x − 1
41. f(x)=2x + 3and g(x) =x
2
−1
42. f(x)=
3
x+1
and g(x) =
2x
x−5
43. f(x)=
√
x and ... There are many ways of decomposing functions. For instance, suppose
h(x) =
x
2
+ 1
x
2
+ 2
and we want to find f and g such that f(g(x))=h(x). Determine which of the f...
... use demand curves to express the relationship between the price of an item
and the number of items demanded by consumers. Below is a demand curve for a certain
good. q is the quantity of the ... points (π,3 )and (−π,5)
8. Passing through point (
√
3,
√
2) and parallel to 3x − 4y = 7
9. Passing through the origin and perpendicular to πx −
√
3y = 12
10. x-intercept of
√...
... =
1
x
. For what value(s) of x is the slope of the tangent line to g equal to the
average rate of change of g on the interval indicated? Illustrate your answer to parts (a)
and (b) with pictures.
(a) ... f(x)=x
2
. For what value(s) of x is the instantaneous rate of change of f
at x equal to the average rate of change of f on the specified interval? Illustrate your...
... Your essay should be designed to help her.
(a) Explain the relationship between average rate of change and instantaneous rate of
change, and between secant lines and tangent lines. Your classmate ... approximations and thus narrowed in on the desired quantity. Using
analytic methods and a limiting process, we allowed the second data point to get arbitrarily
close to the...
... unknown constants, a, b, and c.
5
If one of the points we know happens to be
the vertex of the parabola (and we are aware of that), then the parabola is determined
by just the vertex and one other ... opening upward; y =−x
2
is an example of a parabola opening downward.
x = y
2
is an example of a parabola opening to the right, and x =−y
2
is an example of
a parabo...