Which graph represents the function f (x) = StartFraction 4 Over x EndFraction?
2 answers:
Answer:
2nd graph (image)
Step-by-step explanation:
The function to graph is:
It follows the general pattern of the function: , which is general shape and in 1st and 3rd quadrants. So, we can eliminate 3rd and 4th choices (because of quadrants).
The answer is either 1st, or 2nd graph.
Now, we simply can check a point in both.
lets take x = 4, so the function would be:
f(4) = 4/4 = 1
Hence, point is:
(4,1)
The first graph doesn't go through this point. The second graph does.
hence, we can successfully choose the 2nd graph as our answer.
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Answer:
see graph of y = 5x - 7
Step-by-step explanation:
If graphing is the task, you should rewrite the equation in a y = ax + b form. All straight lines can be described in this form, only the a and b determine which line it is.
Your equation 5x-y=7 has the 5x on the left side, so lets move it to the right. It will get a negative sign (this is the same as subtracting 5x like you did in your picture)
5x - y = 7
-y = 7 - 5x
Now we still have the -y which should be a +y. So we multiply left and right with -1 and get:
y = -7 + 5x
If we swap the -y and 5x (we can, because they are just an addition), we get:
y = 5x - 7
Now the equation is in its "normal" form. It's like the y = ax + b with a and b chosen as a=5 and b=-7.
The normal form is handy because you can immediately see the slope is 5 and the intersection with the y-axis is at y=-7.
