AP Calculus

1.3 and 1.5 Worksheets Combined

All work must be shown in this course for full credit. Unsupported answers may receive NO credit.

1. Draw a sketch (include two pts and HA) of each of the following functions. State the domain and range of each one.

a) y 2x 3 b) y e x
2

2. You buy a brand new car for $35,000 and find out it depreciates at 12.5% per year. Write an exponential equation modeling this
situation. How much will your car be worth in 5 years?

3. The half – life of Ra – 226 is 1,620 years. If there are 10g initially, how much Ra – 226 is left after 1,000 years?

3
2x 2
4. Without a calculator, evaluate the expression 6 x when x = 9.
3
2

5. Using your graphing calculator, let Y1 = x 2 and Y2 = 2 x . Graph both equations in the same window.

a) Solve the equation x2 2x using your graphing calculator. Where are the solutions to this equation and how many are
there?

b) Clear the two graphs from the screen and use the equation x2 2x 0 . Solve for x by graphing the left side of this
equation. Where are the solutions to this equation and how many are there?

c) What did you learn from the last two questions?

6. Explain between FINDING an inverse and VERIFYING/PROVING two functions are inverses.

7. Find the inverse function for each of the following functions and label them correctly.

4
2x 1
a) g x 2x 7 5 b) h x
x 3

8. Verify your answers from question 3 are inverses.

a) b)
9. The half- life of a certain radioactive substance is 18 minutes. There are 25 grams initially present.

a) Write an equation for the amount a present after t minutes.

b) Using your equation from part a, algebraically determine when there will be one gram left. Verify graphically.

10. Solve each of the equations below both algebraically AND graphically.

a) 1.045t 2 b) e0.05t 3 c) 2 3 x
1

11. Let f (x) = 1 – ln(x – 2).

a) What is the domain of f ? b) What is the range of f ?

c) What are the x-intercepts of the graph of f ?

1 1
d) Find f . What is the domain and range of f ?

e) Verify your answer to part d.

12. Write each of the following as an equation of y in terms of t.

a) ln y 2t 4 b) ln y 1 ln 2 t ln t

13. Prove that the function k x 1 x 2 (for x > 0) is its own inverse.