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8-3 Practice
Graphing Reciprocal Functions
Identify the asymptotes, domain, and range of each function.
1 1 -3
1. f(x) = -3 2. f(x) = +3 3. f(x) = +5
x-1 x+1 x-2
f (x) f(x) f(x)
6 6
-2 0 2 4 x
-2 4 4

-4 2 2

-6
-4 -2 0 2 x -2 0 2 4 6x

x = 1; f(x) = -3 x = -1; f(x) = 3 x = 2; f(x) = 5

D = {x | x 1} D = {x | x -1} D = {x | x 2}
R = {f(x) | f(x) -3} R = {f(x) | f(x) 3} R = {f(x) | f(x) 5}
Graph each function. State the domain and range.
1 -1 3
4. f(x) = -5 5. f(x) = -4 6. f(x) = +4
x+1 x-3 x-2

f (x) f(x) f(x)

6
-4 -2 0 2 x -2 0 2 4 x
-2 -2 4
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-4 -4 2

Lesson 8-3
-6 -6
-2 0 2 4 6x

D = {x | x -1} D = {x | x 3} D = {x | x 2}
R = {f(x) | f(x) -5} R = {f(x) | f(x) -4} R = {f(x) | f(x) 4}

7. RACE Kate enters a 120-mile bicycle race. Her basic rate is 10 miles per hour, but Kate
will average x miles per hour faster than that. Write and graph an equation relating x
(Kates speed beyond 10 miles per hour) to the time it would take to complete the race.
If she wanted to finish the race in 4 hours instead of 5 hours, how much faster should
she travel?
t 120
14
t= ;
x + 10
12
6 miles per hour
10
8
6
4
2

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 x

Chapter 8 21 Glencoe Algebra 2