1) The domain is [0,300]. The range is [0,250]
2) The slope for the initial climb is 3.57. The equation of the line is ![y=3.57 x](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=y%3D3.57%20x)
3) The rate of change of the second hill is -1.4
4) The rate of change of the third hill is -2.1
5) The blue hill is steeper
6) It is not a function
Step-by-step explanation:
1)
The domain of a function is the set of values of x (the input) for which the function itself is defined.
Instead, the range of a function is the set of values of y (the output) that the function can take.
To find the domain, we have to look at the x-axis and see for which values of x the function is defined. By looking at the graph, we see that the function is defined between
x = 0 and x = 300
So, the domain is [0,300].
To find the range, we have to look at the y-axis and see for which values of y the function has an output. By looking at the graph, we see that the function has values of y between
y = 0 and x = 250
So, the range is [0,250].
2)
The slope of a function in a certain range is given by
![m=\frac{\Delta y}{\Delta x}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=m%3D%5Cfrac%7B%5CDelta%20y%7D%7B%5CDelta%20x%7D)
where
is the change in the y-coordinate
is the change in the x-coordinate
For the initial climb (pink line), we have:
![\Delta y = 250 - 0 = 250\\\Delta x = 70 - 0 = 70](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5CDelta%20y%20%3D%20250%20-%200%20%3D%20250%5C%5C%5CDelta%20x%20%3D%2070%20-%200%20%3D%2070)
Therefore, the slope in this part is
![m=\frac{250}{70}=3.57](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=m%3D%5Cfrac%7B250%7D%7B70%7D%3D3.57)
We can now write the equation of the line in the form
y = mx + b
where b is the y-intercept: since it is zero, the line has simply the form
![y=mx \rightarrow y = 3.57 x](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=y%3Dmx%20%5Crightarrow%20y%20%3D%203.57%20x)
3)
Again, to calculate the slope of the hill, we use:
![m=\frac{\Delta y}{\Delta x}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=m%3D%5Cfrac%7B%5CDelta%20y%7D%7B%5CDelta%20x%7D)
where
is the change in the y-coordinate
is the change in the x-coordinate
For the green hill, we have:
![\Delta y = 60-200 = -140](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5CDelta%20y%20%3D%2060-200%20%3D%20-140)
![\Delta x = 300-200 = 100](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5CDelta%20x%20%3D%20300-200%20%3D%20100)
So the rate of change is
![m=\frac{-140}{100}=-1.4](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=m%3D%5Cfrac%7B-140%7D%7B100%7D%3D-1.4)
4)
As before, the rate of change of the hill is
![m=\frac{\Delta y}{\Delta x}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=m%3D%5Cfrac%7B%5CDelta%20y%7D%7B%5CDelta%20x%7D)
For the blue hill, we have:
![\Delta y = 30-230 = -300](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5CDelta%20y%20%3D%2030-230%20%3D%20-300)
![\Delta x = 200-60 = 140](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5CDelta%20x%20%3D%20200-60%20%3D%20140)
So the rate of change is
![m=\frac{-300}{140}=-2.1](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=m%3D%5Cfrac%7B-300%7D%7B140%7D%3D-2.1)
5)
To know which hill is steeper, we need to compare the magnitude of their rate of change.
In fact, both hills have rate of change negative - because we are going down along the slope. Therefore, we have to consider the magnitude of their slope.
For the green hill:
![|m| = 1.4](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%7Cm%7C%20%3D%201.4)
For the blue hill:
![|m|=2.1](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%7Cm%7C%3D2.1)
We see that the blue hill has a greater slope (in magnitude): therefore, the blue hill is steeper.
6)
A function is defined as a mapping (operation between two sets of variables) in which to one value of x (the input) corresponds one and only one value of y (the output).
This means that a function cannot have multiple values of y for the same x (the input).
By looking at the graph, we see that this function does not respect this criterium: in fact, we see that certain values of x give multiple values of the output, y (for instance, at x=300 the function has two values). So, this is not a function.
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