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Review of Prerequisite Skills<br />

Before beginning this chapter, review the following concepts from previous<br />

courses:<br />

• determining the slope of a line: m ¢y<br />

¢x<br />

• determining the equation of a line<br />

• using function notation for substituting into and evaluating functions<br />

• simplifying algebraic expressions<br />

• factoring expressions<br />

• finding the domain of functions<br />

• calculating average rate of change and slopes of secant lines<br />

• estimating instantaneous rate of change and slopes of tangent lines<br />

Exercise<br />

42<br />

1. Determine the slope of the line passing through each of the following<br />

pairs of points:<br />

a. 12, 52 and 16, 72<br />

d. 10, 02 and 11, 42<br />

b. 13, 42 and 11, 42<br />

e. 12.1, 4.412 and 12,<br />

c. 10, 02 and 11, 42<br />

f. and a 7 4 , 1 4 b 4 , 1 4 b<br />

2. Determine the equation of a line for the given information.<br />

a. slope 4, y-intercept 2<br />

d. through 12, 42 and 16, 82<br />

b. slope 2, y-intercept 5 e. vertical, through 13, 52<br />

c. through 11, 62 and 14, 122 f. horizontal, through 13, 52<br />

3. Evaluate for x 2.<br />

a. f 1x2 3x 5<br />

c. f 1x2 3x 2 2x 1<br />

b. f 1x2 14x 2213x 62 d. f 1x2 15x 22 2<br />

4. For f 1x2 <br />

x determine each of the following values:<br />

x 2 4 ,<br />

a. f 1102 b. f 132 c. f 102 d. f 1102<br />

3 x, if x 6 0<br />

5. Consider the function f given by f 1x2 e<br />

3 x, if x 0<br />

Calculate each of the following:<br />

a. f 1332 b. f 102 c. f 1782 d. f 132<br />

2 REVIEW OF PREREQUISITE SKILLS<br />

NEL

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