Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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ISBN 10: 0-47064-772-8
ISBN 13: 978-0-47064-772-1

Chapter 0 - Before Calculus - 0.3 Families Of Function - Exercises Set 0.3 - Page 36: 12

Answer

$kx^{−3}$ is $f(x)$. $f(x) = 10x−3$ $kx^2$ is $g(x)$ $g(x) = \frac{x^{2}}{2}$ $kx^\frac{3}{2}$ is $h(x)$ $h(x) = 2x^{1.5}$

Work Step by Step

In all cases k must be positive, or negative values would appear in the chart. Only $kx^{−3}$ decreases, so that must be $f(x)$. Next, $kx^2$ grows faster than $kx^\frac{3}{2}$, so that would be $g(x)$, which grows faster than $h(x)$ (to see this, consider ratios of successive values of the functions). Finally, experimentation for values of k yields (approximately) $f(x) = 10x−3, g(x) = \frac{x^{2}}{2}, h(x) = 2x^{1.5}$
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