Nelson Functions 11
Nelson Functions 11
1st Edition
Chris Kirkpatrick, Marian Small
ISBN: 9780176332037
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Section 1-3: Exploring Properties of Parent Functions

Exercise 1
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Both functions lie in the first and third quadrants. Function $f(x)=x$ is defined for each $x$, and function $g(x)=dfrac{1}{x}$ is defined for $xne0$. Function $f(x)=x$ is rising and continuous. Function $g(x)$ is rising and decreasing, and has a break in $x=0$

Function $g(x)=dfrac{1}{x}$ has vertical asymptote $x=0$ and horizontal asymptote $g(x)=0$

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Similarities: Both lie in quadrant 1 and 3

Differences: $f(x)$ is a straight line passing through the origin while $g(x)$ is a hyperbola and does not touch the $x$ and $y$ axes.

vertical asymptote: $x=0$

horizontal asymptote : $g(x)=0$

Exercise 2
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The red graph is $f(x)$ while blue is $g(x)$. They are both similar in that the equations will always result in a positive x-value. However, they are different in the fact that $g(x)$ is linear while $f(x)$ is nonlinear.
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Similarities: Both lie in quadrant 1 and 2.

Differences: $f(x)$ is curved while $g(x)$ consists of straight lines.

Exercise 3
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From the graphs we can see: graph of $g(x)=sqrt{x}, xgeq0$ is reflection of graph of $f(x)=x^{2}$ in graph of $h(x)=x$

All three functions pass through a one point $A(1,1)$

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$g(x)$ is a reflection of $f(x)$ along the line $h(x)$
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