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Section 3.5 : Graphing Functions

For problems 1 – 13 construct a table of at least 4 ordered pairs of points on the graph of the function and use the ordered pairs from the table to sketch the graph of the function.

  1. \(f\left( x \right) = 6x - 1\)
  2. \(f\left( x \right) = 3 - 5x\)
  3. \(f\left( x \right) = 2{x^2}\)
  4. \(f\left( x \right) = {x^2} + 7\)
  5. \(f\left( x \right) = \sqrt {x + 3} \)
  6. \(f\left( x \right) = \sqrt {6 - x} \)
  7. \(\displaystyle f\left( x \right) = \frac{1}{x}\) , use only positive \(x\)’s
  8. \(\displaystyle f\left( x \right) = \frac{1}{x}\) , use only negative \(x\)’s
  9. \(f\left( x \right) = \left\{ {\begin{array}{*{20}{l}}3&{{\rm{if }}x \ge 0}\\{4 - x}&{{\rm{if }}x < 0}\end{array}} \right.\)
  10. \(f\left( x \right) = \left\{ {\begin{array}{*{20}{l}}{4x}&{{\rm{if }}x \le - 2}\\{3 - 2x}&{{\rm{if }}x > - 2}\end{array}} \right.\)
  11. \(f\left( x \right) = \left\{ {\begin{array}{*{20}{l}}{2 - {x^2}}&{{\rm{if }}x < 1}\\{{{\left( {x - 2} \right)}^2}}&{{\rm{if }}x \ge 1}\end{array}} \right.\)
  12. \(f\left( x \right) = \left\{ {\begin{array}{*{20}{l}}{{x^2}}&{{\rm{if }}x > 3}\\4&{{\rm{if }} - 2 \le x \le 3}\\{1 - x}&{{\rm{if }}x < - 2}\end{array}} \right.\)
  13. \(f\left( x \right) = \left\{ {\begin{array}{*{20}{l}}{1 - x}&{{\rm{if }}x \ge 1}\\{{x^2} - 1}&{{\rm{if }} - 1 < x < 1}\\{ - 1 - x}&{{\rm{if }}x \le - 1}\end{array}} \right.\)