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Principles of Calculus Modeling - An Interactive Approach

This document contains a series of practice problems related to modeling data with functions. The problems involve analyzing tables of x and y values to determine the best-fitting linear or quadratic function models. They ask students to calculate values of functions, sums of squared errors between data points and potential models, and to identify the models that best fit different data sets based on the sums of squared errors.

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Principles of Calculus Modeling - An Interactive Approach

This document contains a series of practice problems related to modeling data with functions. The problems involve analyzing tables of x and y values to determine the best-fitting linear or quadratic function models. They ask students to calculate values of functions, sums of squared errors between data points and potential models, and to identify the models that best fit different data sets based on the sums of squared errors.

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Principles of Calculus Modeling: An Interactive Approach by Donald Kreider, Dwight Lahr, and Susan Diesel Exercises for Section

1.1
Homework problems copyright c 20002005 by Donald L. Kreider, C. Dwight Lahr, Susan J. Diesel.

1. (1 pt) Calculate a few values to determine which image shows the graph of the function 4x 3.

time (x) distance (y) 0 1 3 -53 6 -431 9 ??? 12 -3455 15 -6749 If you assume the data points are modeled by a function of the form y = ax3 + c, which of the following values is most likely as the missing value in the table? A. B. C. D. E. -6749 -53 1457 0 -1457

2. (1 pt) Calculate a few values to determine which image shows the graph of the function x + 4.

5. (1 pt) Consider a table of data. x 0 1 2 3 4 5 y 1.1 -5.2 -5.0 -7.9 -11.2 -10.8

3. (1 pt) Consider the following table of times and distances for a dropped object. time (x) distance (y) 0 0 0.2 0.08 0.4 0.32 0.6 ??? 0.8 1.28 1 2 If you assume the data points are modeled by a function of the form y = ax2 + c, which of the following values is most likely as the missing value in the table? A. B. C. D. E. 0.08 0.72 7.2 0 -0.72

The data points in the table, and a line L(x) passing among them, are shown below.

4. (1 pt) Consider the following table of times and distances for a dropped object.
1

Assume the line passes through points (0, 1.1) and (5, -10.8). Compute the sum of squared errors
i=0

(yi L(xi ))2 .

6. (1 pt) Consider a table of data. x 0 1 2 3 4 5 y 0.2 -0.2 -0.1 1.9 4.2 6.0

The data points in the table, and a line L(x) passing among them, are shown below. Assume the line passes through points (0, 0.1) and (5, 5.1). Compute the sum of squared errors
i=0 5

(yi L(xi ))2 .

8. (1 pt) Let f (x) = 3 sin(8x) 1. Compute f (x) for the following values. If f (x) cannot be evaluated, enter no answer, without quotes. f (0) = f (1) = f (1 )= f ( 2) = f (e) = 10 x . Compute f (x) for the following values. Let f (x) = 7 x2 If f (x) cannot be evaluated, enter no answer, without quotes. f (0) = f (1) = f (13 ) = f ( 2) = f (e) = 10. (1 pt) Let f (x) = 8x2 + 4x + 2. Compute f (x) for the following values. If f (x) cannot be evaluated, enter no answer, without quotes. f (0) = f (1) = f (9 )= f ( 2) = f (e) = 11. (1 pt) Consider the following table of data values.
2

9. (1 pt)

Assume the line passes through points (0, 0.2) and (5, 6.0). Compute the sum of squared errors
i=0

(yi L(xi ))2 .

7. (1 pt) Consider a table of data. x 0 1 2 3 4 5 y 0.1 0.3 -0.3 0.7 1.5 5.1

The data points in the table, and a line L(x) passing among them, are shown below.

x y 3 18 6 43 9 90 12 154 15 233 18 333 Which of the following functions best ts the data given in the table? A. B. C. D. y y = 2x 2 + 7 y = 1x 2 + 9 y = 11 = 3x 2 + 3

According to the values you just computed, which of the following lines best ts the data? A. y = 3x + 10 B. y = 3x + 6 C. y = 1x + 8 14. (1 pt) Consider the following table of points. x y 0 17.00 1.5 -3.92 3 -150.40 4.5 -547.98 6 -1322.20 7.5 -2598.62 If the points in the table are on a curve of the form y = ax3 + c, then what are the values of a and c? a= c= 15. (1 pt) Consider the following table of data values. x y 0 19 4.2 76.74 8.4 267.96 12.6 580.66 For each of the following functions y = ax2 + c, calculate the sum of squared errors = 4.5x2 + 19
i=0

12. (1 pt) Consider the following table of points. x 0 1 2 3 y 7.5 14 33.5 66

If the points in the table are on a curve of the form y = ax2 + c, then what are the values of a and c? a= c= 13. (1 pt) Consider the following table of data values. x 0 2 4 6
3

y 10 16 22 18
2

(yi (axi2 + c))2 .

y Sum of squared errors: y = 3.5x2 + 15 Sum of squared errors: y = 2.5x2 + 17 Sum of squared errors: According to the values you just computed, which of the following functions best ts the data? A. y = 4.5x2 + 19 B. y = 3.5x2 + 15 C. y = 2.5x2 + 17

For each of the following lines y = mx + b, calculate the sum of squared errors
i=0

(yi (mxi + b)) .

y = 3x + 10 Sum of squared errors: y = 3x + 6 Sum of squared errors: y = 1x + 8 Sum of squared errors:

Generated by the WeBWorK system c WeBWorK Team, Department of Mathematics, University of Rochester

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