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3. Inacertain country, income tax s assessed by using the function below, where fix/is the percentage ofthe income that must be paid as tax, and xis the amount of income. 0 if x < $15,000 F(x) = 412% if $15,000 < x < $30,000 18% if x > $30,000 a. If your income is $28,000, what amount of tax will you pay? ,)2( 28000) => 360 If your income is $14,500, what amount of tax will you pay? Your income last year was $25,000 and your friend's income was $32,000. How ‘much more did your friend pay in taxes than you? Ta5.oosyz Powszoooce) 57k ~ Boos 5000 100 y 20 | 4 You are buying tshirtsfor the math club members, The t-shirt company will charge ‘you according to the function below, where c(x)is the total cost of the shirts and xis the ‘number of tshirts that you order. 12x 0< x<10 FR) = 10x 1150 a. iyoucongetstmembersf he math club how mach ilthesttehstane? U0 ‘b. Ifyou only have S members (sad!), how much will EACH t-shirt cost? +| 2. © Youendup with 3¢members who wont tobuy a tshirt. You want tosll the shirts and end up making $100 profit for an end-f year party. How much thouldyouseleath shite’ 10U38)" 30D 30641007 400 oo + 30- [ oe Cees Evaluating Real-world Piecewise Functions 1. Your dog groomer charges according tothe following function with ffx) representing the total price and xrepresenting the weight of the dog in pounds. O40 5} because 04 ISEIS if your dog weight 15 pounds, how much will you pay ». if your dog welghs 35 pounds, how much will you pay?(J4O) because 15 «3540 . your dog weighs $6 pounds, how much will you poy? 4O+ 2 5u. 40) 4. Whatis the domala ofthis function? Horan -——4 (0,29) Mose = [212 2, The function below represents the shipping charges that apply to orders from an online company, where f/x) represents the shipping charges and xrepresents the total costof the order. $3.50 if $0.00 $125.00. @. Whatis the domain ofthe function? (0) b. Whatis therangeofthefunction? £3.50, 5.45, 1.99, 4993 €. If your order totalis $125.00, what s the shipping charge? 97.45 becaus€ 4. Ifyour order totais $25.40, whatis the shipping charge? ys 4 125 £125 45.96 because 25% 25.40 £1500 Piacente Word Problems| Name: 1 Your a phone pla oss $i and ves you vite ti nd 500 eat manages pe mot, a n0 data plas, Aer Sse messages ca $.10 pe et you send 2 Wiad pop plecesie tinction da repress tation v5 x £500 aS 15#.10(4-800) x 2500 510 texts cosh 15 + 1oC5i0-560) oa 454 stole) = 1540 BD: (0,60) Re £15,00) 2 Your frst dog soomer sarge according to you o's weight your do i 5 pound ed under the omer charge S35 your dogs bewee 1S aed p40 pound, he chirps $20, Iyoar ogi over 4 ponds he charges $0, pa a asso! $2 fre pond. ‘Wes plese ncn tat describes wha our dog eroamer charges 1 Grephte fnetin, What woud te groomer charge if yoar ce dog weighs 60 pees? 5. You goo Git wba some cnc. You decid to by eikers Bem hey a pci deal on sicker. A pour of {eleer cos 53.45, ba yu try 4 on ore pos hy ony cost per bag, Wea ecu uke eset mace BUSx x<4f SA=4 s.00x x24 3.5 \bs > $H@Q 12.08 3,5(3.45\ Absolute Value and Piecewise Function Wart Prsiems 1 Sarah has $15. She knows tha late has sore money adit varles by at most $5 from the amount of her ‘money. Write an absolute valu inequaty that represents this scenario, What ae the possible amounts of ‘money that Blake can have? ‘company is making mirrors, Each mirror needs tobe 18 inches high. Each mirorcan vary by & most 0.01, inch, Write an absolute valve mequalty thet represents the situation and allows you to answer the question; what ae the acceptable height of tis companys mirrors? The ecowd that heard the Presdent speak was estimated tobe 10,000 people, The actual crowd could be 750 people more or less than this. What ae the possiblevalues forthe actual crowd site? ‘Suse has designed an exercise program for herself, One part ofthe exerlse programs thet she plans on ‘walking between 25 and 30 miles, inclusive, each week. She plans to walk the seme distance exch ay. If Susie walks five days 8 week, what isthe range in miles that she should walk each day? ‘box of cereal should weigh more than 625.¢ grams and less than 6306 grams to pas Inspection. The box that ‘the cereals packaged in weigh 5.5 grams. What are the possible weigh forthe ceresI? Carmen works ina sporting goods store. Her goals to sell between $500 and $600 worth of sporting equipment. So farthis week she has sold $355 worth of equipment, What possible dollar amount of sales should Carmen make the rest ofthe week to reach her goal? ‘Whea a dsbetic takes long acing insulin the insulin reaches its peak effect onthe blood sugar level in about ftyoe hours. This effet remains fly constant fr S hours, then declines, and is very low until the nex injection Ina piel patient, the level of insulin might be modeled by the following function, ere, represens the blood suger level at time thous after he time ofthe injection. If patient takes insulin a 6 ‘find th blood sugar level 2 each ofthe fllowing tes. a Tem} Ham e3pmm 0 d Spm ferme est tore mn acme am sve wo sc ey cn ge 2 paponemiloy se ete pu nm > on on wipe ng sop em yy smn becuse moony 544 44 mona 48 i pa td es oe mn nso tg ene corny qusat ger ee ee ee seen marron sig ange an F oemeoom ® souseran > ‘amg ennomnon es gag tna wan apes orcs on tel eee ‘aemomteyaiy qo ater tene eae sabia, ome omyeey 2.3 Piecewise Word Problems Name Topics 5 Date: Hoar. 1. Graph the following fancticn, ai <0 Sifx=o 2xlifx>o 4) 2. Write a piccewise function ‘or te graph, coo 3, Brin buys gas aa self service station for $2.75 a gallon. The gxs station has a promotion going on that anyone who buys more than 10 gallons of gas, only has to pay 82.50 per gllon, Erin's tak wil bold 12 sallons of gas 8, Writes rule forthe tal cost, C(g) as a function of g gallon of gas. oa a 1s », Greph the piecewise function ‘ 4 z ©. Whats the domain and range ofthe funtion input? -

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