Calculus: Early Transcendentals 9th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1337613924
ISBN 13: 978-1-33761-392-7

Chapter 1 - Section 1.1 - Four Ways to Represent a Function - 1.1 Exercises - Page 20: 50

Answer

$f(-3) = 5$ $f(0) = 5$ $f(2) = -2$ See graph

Work Step by Step

We have a piecewise function. For $f(-3)$ and $f(0)$, since $-3$ and $0$ belong to interval $(-\infty, 2)$ and the function $f$ is constant on the interval $(-\infty,2)$ we have: $f(-3)=5$ $ f(0)=5$ Now we find the value of $f$ at $x=2$ which belongs to the interval $[2,\infty)$. So the function is defined on this interval as $f(x)=\frac{1}{2} x-3$………..(1) Put $x=2$ into equation $(1)$, so we have $f(2)=\frac{1}{2}(2)-3=1-3=-2$ The graph of a function is attached in the figure.
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