Diploma Plus
[Link] [Link] – October 2025 Semester
Tutorial 1
Selected Ques+ons adapted from Text
2.1 Func+ons
In Problems 47-54, find each expression if 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 − 3 and 𝑔(𝑥) = 𝑥 ! + 2𝑥
47. 𝑓(5)
49. 𝑔(−8)
51. 𝑓(10 + 4)
In Problems 69-76, find and simplify each expression if 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 ! − 1
69. 𝑓(2𝑥)
71. 𝑓(𝑥 − 3)
73. 𝑓(4 + ℎ)
In Problems 77-82, find and simplify the following assumingℎ ≠ 0 in (C)
(A) 𝑓(𝑥 + ℎ)
(B) 𝑓(𝑥 + ℎ) − 𝑓(𝑥)
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(C) &
77. 𝑓(𝑥) = 4𝑥 − 3
79. 𝑓(𝑥) = 4𝑥 ! − 7𝑥 + 6
2-3 Quadra+c Func+ons
In Problems 15-18, find each of the following:
(A) Intercepts (B) Vertex
(C) Maximum or minimum (D) Range
15. 𝑓(𝑥) = −(𝑥 − 3)! + 2
17. 𝑚(𝑥) = (𝑥 + 1)! − 2
In Problems 33-36, first write each [Link] in vertex form; then find each of the following
(to two decimal places):
(A) Intercepts (B) Vertex
(C) Maximum or minimum (D) Range
33. 𝑔(𝑥) = 0.25𝑥 ! − 1.5𝑥 − 7
43. Given that f is a quadra.c [Link] with minimum 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑓(2) = 4, find the axis,
vertex, range, and x intercepts.
61. Revenue. The [Link] research department for a company that manufactures and
sells memory chips for microcomputers established the following price-demand and
revenue [Link]:
𝑝(𝑥) = 75 − 3𝑥 Price-demand [Link]
𝑅(𝑥) = 𝑥𝑝(𝑥) = 𝑥(75 − 3𝑥) Revenue [Link]
Diploma Plus
[Link] [Link] – October 2025 Semester
Tutorial 1
Where 𝑝(𝑥) is the wholesale price in dollars at which x million chips can be sold, and R
is in millions of dollars. Both [Link] have domain 1 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 20.
(A) Sketch a graph of the revenue [Link] in a rectangular coordinate system.
(B) Find the value of x that will produce the maximum revenue. What is the
maximum revenue?
(C) What is the wholesale price per chip that produces the maximum revenue?