READING GRAPHS OF FUNCTIONS

1. Use the graph below to answer the following:

A. Find f (0) . E. Is f ( −1 2 ) positive or negative?

B. Find f (7) . F. Is f (1) > f (6) ?
C. Find f (2) . G. For what values of x is f ( x) = 0 ?
D. Is f (6) positive or negative? H. For what values of x is f ( x) > 0 ?

0
-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
-1

-2

2. Use the graph below to answer the following:

A. What is f (2) ? E. On what intervals is f ( x) increasing?

B. Find x so that f ( x) = 3 . F. For what value, if any, is f ( x) = x ?
C. Find the zeros of f ( x) . G. On what intervals is the rate of increase of
D. What is f ( f (2)) ? f ( x) actually decreasing?

10
8
6
4
2
0
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
-4
-6
-8
-10
3. When a drug is injected into a person’s muscle tissue, the concentration of the drug in the blood is a
function of the time elapsed since the injection. Use the graph below to answer the following:
( t = 0 corresponds to the time of injection)

A. What is the concentration of the drug one hour after the injection?
B. Find C (3) and give an interpretation.
C. Over what interval is the concentration greater than 0.01?

0.04
0.035
0.03
Concentration

0.025
0.02
0.015
0.01
0.005
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Time (hours)

4. The graph below illustrates the temperature on a particular day as a function of time since midnight.

A. What was the temperature at 3:00 a.m.?

B. When was the temperature 5 degrees?
C. When was the temperature below freezing? (less than 0 degrees)
D. When was the temperature increasing?

15

10
5
Temperature

0
-5 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24

-10
-15

-20
Hours Since Midnight