AP Calculus

1.2 Worksheet

All work must be shown in this course for full credit. Unsupported answers may receive NO credit.

1. What are the three domain issues you must remember for this course?

2. What is the domain of the following functions?

log 2 x 5 9 x2
a) g x b) f x
x 8 x

3. Find the domain and range of the following functions from PreCalculus: (write your answers in interval notation)

a) absolute value b) sine c) logarithmic

d) tangent e) inverse quadratic (1/x2) f) exponential

4. Graph each of the following piecewise functions:

4 x2 , if x 1
3 x , if x 1 3 3
a) f x b) f x 2
x 2
, if 1 x 3
2 x , if 1 x
x 3 , if x 3

5. An earthquake that occurred at 9:17 AM cracked a water tower in a small town. Water began leaking out of a tower at rate of 12
cm3/min for the first 25 minutes, then the rate increased to 24 cm3/min for the next 30 minutes. It took 45 more minutes before the
leak was fixed, and in that final 45 minutes, the water was leaking at a rate of 20 cm3/min. Write a piecewise function for the amount
of water leaking out of the tower W as a function of time t. (What time should you let t = 0 represent? ____________ )
6. Write a piecewise function for each function graphed below. Be sure to label each piece with an appropriate domain.

a) b)

7. Suppose f x x 5 and g x x2 3 . Find each of the following:

a) g f x c) f g 0 e) g g 2 f) f f x

8. Complete the following table:

g x f x f g x
x 5 x2 5
1 1x x
1
x x
x x ,x>0

For questions 9 and 10, find f g x and determine the domain .

4x 1 3x 1
9. f x x2 7 and g x x 4 10. f x and g x
x 3 x 4

11. Prove whether the following functions are even, odd, or neither.

x2 1
a) y 3 x2 b) g x 3
c) f x 2 x 5 x3
x
12. Complete each graph assuming that the graph is (a) even and (b) odd.

a) b)

13. Write the equation of the following:

a) the area A of a circle as a function of its diameter d.

b) the area A of an equilateral triangle as a function of its side length s.

c) the area A of a rectangle as a function of its width W, where the length L is twice as long as its width W.

14. The cable company is asked to provide service to a customer whose house is located 2 miles from the road along which the cable
is buried. The nearest connection box for the cable is located 5 miles down the road. The installation cost is $100 per mile along the
road and $140 per mile off the road.
house
a) What values of x make sense in this scenario? (This is the domain!)

2 Cable
b) Express the total cost C of installation as a function of the distance x mi connection box
(in miles) from the connection box to the point where the cable installation
turns off the road. x miles
5 miles

c) Use your calculator to find the minimum possible cost of the installation and how far away from the connection box
the cable installation should turn off the road.