IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENT Sections 3.2-3.4, 3.
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Name: __________________________________
. The LAs and the Instructor are here to help! In-Class assignments account for 13% of your grade. (Use
your pre-class guided note)
Q1. If C(m) represents the cost (per month), in hundreds of dollars, of a car after m months on
the market, what would the function R(m) = C(m + 5) represent?
a) The cost of a car after m + 5 months on the market.
b) The cost of a car after 5 months on the market.
c) $5 more than the cost of another car that has been on the market for m months.
d) A car who has been on the market for m + 5 months.
e) Not enough information.
Q2. The distance, s (in feet), traveled by a car moving in a straight line is given by the function,
𝑠(𝑡) = 𝑡 ! + 𝑡 where t is measured in seconds. Find the average velocity for the time period
from t = 1 to t = 4. Hint: Average velocity is displacement divided by time interval of the
displacement.
Q3. Suppose P(t) represents the population of Miami t years after 1980.
a) Using function notation, express the population of Miami 5 years after 1980
b) Explain the meaning of P(8)
c) Using function notation express the population that is 48,000 more than the population of
Miami in the year 1986
d) Using function notation, express the population of Miami k years after 1980
e) Using function notation express the change in the population of Miami from 1983 to 1989
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f) What does $&' represent in the context of the question?
g) Use function notation to express the fact that the population of Miami in 1988 was 327,200
h) Explain what the solution of the equation P(t) = 517,000 represents.
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Q4. What is the domain of the function 𝑓(𝑥) = )&,
Q5: The graphs below show two functions, f and g. Function f takes as an input a temperature
(in degrees Fahrenheit) and outputs the expected attendance at a street concert. Function g
takes as an input the number of people attending the concert and outputs the total expected
revenue earned by the concert.
a) Does the expression f(g(70)) have a real-world meaning in this context? If yes, estimate its
value and explain what that value represents. If not, explain your reasoning.
b) Does the expression g(f(70)) have a real-world meaning in this context? If yes, estimate its
value and explain what that value represents. If not, explain your reasoning.
Q6. A pebble is dropped into a pond. The radius ,𝑟 of the first circular ripple is measured to
increase at the constant rate of 2ft/sec.
a) What is the radius after
(i) 6 seconds have elapsed? (ii) t seconds have elapsed
𝑟= 𝑟=
b) What is the area enclosed by the leading ripple after 6 seconds have elapsed?
c) Construct the formula for the area enclosed by the leading ripple as a function of time t.
c) How much time must elapse so that the area enclosed by the leading ripple is 200 ft2 .
|x − 2| x ≤ −1
Q7. Graph the following: f(x) = - x !
− 1 < 𝑥 ≤ 2.
−3 x>2
Q8. A rental home on Airbnb rents for $100 a night for the first three nights and $90 a night for
each additional night.
a) What is the cost to stay 2 nights?
b) What is the cost to stay 5 nights?
c) Let the total cost, T, be a function of the number of nights, n, that a guest stays at the rental
home. Write a piecewise function which defines T.