Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter P - P.3 - Functions and Their Graphs - Exercises - Page 29: 93

Answer

(a) $T(4) = 16, T(15) = 24$ (b) $H(t) = T(t-1)$ will cause any change in temperature to occur one hour later since subtracting $t$ by 1 will shift the graph to the right by 1 hour. (c) $H(t) = T(t)-1$ will lower the temperature by one degree at any given hour since subtracting $T(t)$ by 1 will shift the graph down by 1 degree.

Work Step by Step

(a) $T(4)$ and $T(15)$ can be found by looking at the graph (b) Subtracting from $t$ causes a left to right translation, which in this graph will shift the time but not the overall temperature. (c) Subtracting from $T(t)$ causes a up to down translation, which in this graph will lower the temperature for all hours.
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