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Sullivan - College Algebra 7/e (Homework)

James Finch

Math - College, section 1, Fall 2010

Instructor: Dr. Friendly

Current Score: 0/21

Due: Monday, October 25, 2010 22:00 EDT

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Here are some textbook questions from College Algebra 7/e by Michael Sullivan published by Prentice Hall. Click here for a list of all of the questions coded in WebAssign.


Instructions

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1. –/6 points Notes Question: SulAlg7 1.5.103.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. reported that an average 25-year-old male in 1996 could expect to live at least 48.4 more years, and an average 25-year-old female in 1996 could expect to live at least 54.7 more years.

(a) To what age can an average 25-year-old male expect to live? Express your answer as an inequality.
age
Enter a number.


(b) To what age can an average 25-year-old female expect to live? Express your answer as an inequality.
age
Enter a number.

(c) Who can expect to live longer, a male or a female?
    


By how many years?
Enter a number.
years

2. –/6 points Notes Question: SulAlg7 2.1.012.
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Plot the point in the xy-plane. Tell in which quadrant or on what coordinate axis the point lies.
(a) A = (0, -9)
(b) B = (-4, -5)
(c) C = (-7, 0)
(d) D = (1, 3)
(e) E = (-2, 0)
(f) F = (7, 3)

3. –/2 points Notes Question: SulAlg7 3.3.019.
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Use the graph of the function f given below.

Choose the numbers at which f has a local maximum. (Select all that apply.)



What are these local maxima?




4. –/3 points Notes Question: SulAlg7 4.3.051.
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Find the vertical, horizontal, and oblique asymptotes, if any, of this rational function.
G(x) = (x^3-7)/(x-x^2)
Find the vertical asymptote. (If there is not one enter NONE.)
x =
Enter an exact number.


Find the horizontal asymptote. (If there is not one enter NONE.)
y =
Answer is not case sensitive.


Is there an oblique asymptote?
    



5. –/4 points Notes Question: SulAlg7 5.1.027.
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For the given functions f and g, find each of the following composite functions.
f(x) = 6x + 7
g(x) = 7x
(a) fg
Enter a mathematical expression.
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(b) gf
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(c) ff
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(d) gg
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