To reduce inventory, a department store charges three rates. If you buy 0–5 pairs of socks,
the price is $3.50 per pair of socks. If you buy 6–10 pairs of socks, the price is $3.00 per pair.
If you buy more than 10, the price is $2.75 per pair. Graph the compound function that
represents the cost of buying N pairs of socks.
Find the domain of the function: f(t) =t– 3
t2+t– 2
Julie lives 32 miles from the city. She drove home from the city at a constant rate of 60 mph
along the highway. At the exit 2 miles from her home, she realized she had left her purse at
the department store. She immediately returned to the department store at a rate of 60
mph. Write an absolute–value function to represent Julie’s distance from home as she
drove home from the city.
The height of an object thrown in the air depends on the time since it has been thrown. For
a particular situation the height in meters of an object after t seconds can be represented by
h(t) = 20t– 4.9t2.
(a) What is the height of the object if the time is x seconds?
(b) If the time is increased by 2 seconds, how much higher is the object?
(c) How much higher is the object per second increase?
(d) If the time is increased by h, how much higher is the object?
(e) How much higher is the object per unit increase?