Quadratic functions
Polynomial Functions & Graphing
Dividing Polynomials/ Real Zeros
Rational Functions
Word Problems
100

Find the vertex of the quadratic function              y=x^2-6x +5

What is (3, -4)

100

Determine the degree and leading coefficient of this following: y=4x^3 -2x^2 +7x -1

What is degree:3, leading coefficient: 4
100

Find Q(x) for P(x)= x^2 +5x + 6 divided by D(x)=x+2 

What is x+3

100

Find the slate asymptote of f(x)= (x^2 + x + 1)/x-1

What is y=x+2

100

A ball is thrown upward with a velocity 32 ft/s. Its height after t seconds is given by the parabola 

h(t)=32t -16t^2

What is the maximum height the ball reaches 

Hint: -b/2a and h(-b/2a)

What is 16ft?

200

The equation y=x^2 +4x +1 in vertex form and its y intercept

What is y=(x+2)^2 -3 and (0,1)

200

Describe the end behavior of f(x)= -x^4 +5x^2 + 3

x--> inf, f(x)--> -inf 

x--> -inf, f(x)--> -inf 

(both ends down)

200

Use synthetic division to divide 

P(x) = 2x^3 -3x^2 + 4x -5 by D(x)= x-1 and express in the form: P(x)= D(x) x Q(x) + R(x) 

What is 

2x^3 -3x^2 + 4x -5=(x-1) x (2x^2 -x +3) -2

200

Identify the vertical and horizontal asymptote of 

f(x)= (2x+3)/(x-1)

What is vertical: x=1 and horizontal: y=2
200

A company's revenue (in $) for producing and selling x items is given by R(x)= 80x-0.5x^2

Find the maximum revenue and the number of units (x) that should be produced to obtain it

What is $3200 units and 80 units?

300

Find a function f(x) whose graph is a parabola that has vertex (3,−2) and passes through the point (5,6)

What is f(x)=2(x−3)^2−2

300

The polynomial f(x)= (x-2)^2(x+1) touches the x axis at one zero and crosses at another. Which is which?

What is it touches at x=2 and crosses at x=-1

300

Divide P(x)= 6x^3 +11x^2 -7x-6 by D(x)=2x +3. Find Q(x) and R(x)

What is Q(x)= 3x^2 + x -5, R(x)=9

300

Find the domain of the function

f(x)=(x^2 -4)/(x^2 -x-6)

(-inf, -2) U (-2,3) U (3, inf)

300
The height in meters of a rock thrown FROM A CLIFF is modeled by h(t)= -5t^2 + 20t +25


How long will it take the rock to reach its maximum height, and what is that height?

What is height=45m at 2 seconds?

400

Given y= 2x^2-8x+6, find the vertex, max or min, and y intercept

What is (2,-2), minimum, (0,6)

400

A polynomial with a degree of 4 has zeroes at x=-3,0,2. The zero at x=-3 has a multiplicity of 2. Write an equation for this polynomial

What is f(x)= (x+3)^2(x)(x-2)

400

Given f(x)= x^3 -6x^2 +11x -6 find all real zeros, then state the behavior at the x -axis and the end behavior of the graph. 

What is x=1,2,3 

What is crossing through the x axis

What is x—> -inf, f(x)—> -inf 

x—> inf, f(x)—> inf

400

Determine the vertical asymptotes, holes, and horizontal asymptote of 

f(x)= (x^2 -9)/(x^2 -4x +3) 
What is hole at x=3, vertical asymptote at x=1, and horizontal asymptote at y=1
400

A football is kicked FROM THE GROUND and its height (in feet) after t seconds is given by

h(t)= -16t^2 +48t +3

How long will it take the football to hit the ground? 

What is the maximum height that it reaches?

What is 3.06 seconds?

What is 39 ft?

500

For y= -x^2 -6x -11, find the vertex, max or min, domain, range, x intercepts, y intercept

What is Vertex=(-3,-2), maximum, Dom=all real numbers, Range=(-inf,-2], x int=DNE, y int= (0, -11)

500

Find the polynomial function has zeroes at x=-2, x=1, and x=3. The zero at x=-2 has multiplicity 2, and the polynomial has a leading coefficient of -2. 

Write the equation for f(x) and state the end behavior. 

What is f(x)=-2(x+2)^2(x-1)(x-3) 

and as x--> inf, f(x)--> -inf                             as x-->-inf, f(x)-->-inf

500

Divide D(x)= 2x^4 -3x^2 +6x +8 by                    P(x) x^2 -2x -3 and answer in the form of            P(x)= D(x) x Q(x) + R(x)

Bonus: Is P(x) a slant asymptote of D(x), why or why not

P(x)=(x^2 -2x -3)(2x^2 + x -3) + (3x-1) 

No; there is a remainder for P(x)/D(x)

500

Given f(x)= (2x^3 +3x^2 -x+5)/ (x^2-x-2)

Find the vertical asymptotes, horizontal asymptotes, hole, slant asymptote, and fill in the blanks: 

as x—> ___, f(x)—> -inf 

as x—>___, f(x)—> inf

What is vertical asymptotes at x=2,1, no horizontal asymptote or holes, slant asymptote of y=2x+5 

as x—> 2 from left OR x—> -1 from left, f(x)—> -inf 

as x—> 2 from right OR x—> -1 from right,f(x)->inf

500

At a small lavender farm, each plant produces about 67 ounces of oil per season when 400 plants are grown per acre. For each additional plant added per acre, the oil yield per plant decreases by 0.15 ounces.

The total oil yield per acre can be modeled by 

A(n)= (400+n)(67-0.15n), where n=additional plants per acre. Find how many plants should be grown to maximize oil production, and what that maximum yield is. 

HINT: Put it in quadratic form 

What is 423 plants for 26,802 ounces per acre? 

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