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Solutions to the exercises

Exercise 1

The blue (longer dots) graph.

Exercise 2
a

f ' ( 1 ) = - 2 ; g ' ( 1 ) = 0 , 5 ; h ' ( 1 ) = - 4 ; k ' ( 1 ) = 0

b

Use your graphing calculator to check your graph.

c

Find the x-axis intersects of the chosen function.
f : max. f ( 0 ) = 4
g : min. g ( 0 ) = ( 3 )
h : no extrema
k : max. k ( 1 ) = 3

Exercise 3
a

- 1 , 1

b

x = 1

c

No, to do so you would need to know the rule of the original function f .

d

The correct graph would be that of function f ( x ) = - 2 3 x 3 + 2 x + 2 , but you were (probably) not able to deduce that from the information.
Your answer is good enough if the graph goes through the point ( 0 , 2 ) and has a maximum at x = 1 and a minimum at x = - 1 .

Exercise 4


Exercise 5
a

Use your graphing calculator to check your graph.

b

v ( t ) = 3 , 2 t

c

3 , 2 t 22 , 22 ; solving this for t gives t 6 , 9 s

Exercise 6
a

Own answer.

b

40

c

-

d

Use your graphing calculator to do so.

e

Find x-axis intersects of the slope function and enter the corresponding x -values in the function rule for f .
You should find: min. f ( 2 , 53 ) - 26 , 26 and max. f ( - 0 , 52 ) 2 , 26 .

Exercise 7

f ' ( x ) = x + 3

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