Math 30-1 Chapter 3 Review Assignment p.1 Math 30-1 Chapter 3 Review Polynomial Functions Name ___________________________ Date reviewed with teacher: Signature of teacher: Math 30-1 Chapter 3 Review Assignment p.2 Math 30-1 Chapter 3 Review Assignment p.3 Math 30-1: Chapter 3 Review Assignment Polynomial Functions Answer the following questions. Remember to show all your work. (RF11.1) 1. Express the following polynomials in factored form. a) P x x3 x2 8x 12 b) P x 2 x4 3x3 17 x2 27 x 9 2. What are the zeros of the function f x 2 2 x 3 x 5 x 7 ? 2 (RF11.3) Math 30-1 Chapter 3 Review Assignment p.4 3. What is the remainder when 2 x 4 3x3 x 2 2 x 3 is divided by x 1? (RF11.4) 4. When 2 x 4 x3 3x 2 x p is divided by x 2 , the remainder is 0. What is the value of p? (RF11.4) 5. a) Create a cubic expression, that when divided by x 1 , will have a remainder of 6. (RF11.4) b) Explain or demonstrate how you know your expression is correct. (RF11.4) Math 30-1 Chapter 3 Review Assignment p.5 6. For each of the following, determine if the expression is a factor of f x 4 x4 x3 8x2 40 and explain how you know. a) x 2 b) x 4 c) x 6 d) x 8 7. If x 2 is a factor of f x x3 3x2 kx 4 , determine the value of k. (RF11.5) (RF11.5) Math 30-1 Chapter 3 Review Assignment p.6 8. For each of the following five functions, determine if the function represents a polynomial function. Explain why or why not. (RF12.1) a) y x 4 10 x3 2 x 5 b) y x3 2 x 2 x 1 4 c) y 5 x 3 d) y 4 x 3 2 x 2 1 x e) y 2 x5 7 x 4 3x3 2 x 7 Math 30-1 Chapter 3 Review Assignment p.7 9. Sketch the graph of a fifth degree polynomial function with one real root of multiplicity 3 and with a negative leading coefficient. (Note: There may be other roots as well) (RF12.2, 12.3) 10. The graph of y f x is shown below. Determine the roots of f x 0 . Explain how you know. (RF12.4) Math 30-1 Chapter 3 Review Assignment p.8 1 2 (RF12.6) x 2 2 x 5 x 6 , 4 a) Accurately sketch the graph, and label any key points (x-intercepts, y-intercepts, maximum, minimum). 11. Given the function y b) State the domain and range. c) Determine the zeros of the function. Math 30-1 Chapter 3 Review Assignment p.9 12. The graph of the polynomial function y f x is shown below. a) What is the minimum possible degree for the polynomial function above? Explain how you know. (RF12.3) b) Determine an equation of the function in factored form. (RF12.5) Math 30-1 Chapter 3 Review Assignment p.10 13. The graphs of four polynomial functions are shown below. Match three of the graphs numbers above with a statement below that best describes the function. a) The graph that has a positive leading coefficient is graph number _______. Explain how you know. (RF12.2) b) The graph of a function that has two different zeros, each with multiplicity 2, is graph number _______. Explain how you know. (RF12.5) c) The graph that could be a degree 4 function is graph number _______. Explain how you know. (RF12.3) Math 30-1 Chapter 3 Review Assignment p.11 14. A box with no lid is made by cutting four squares of side length x from each corner of a 10 cm by 20 cm rectangular sheet of metal. (RF12.7) a) Find an expression that represents the volume of the box. b) State the restrictions on the domain. c) Sketch the graph of the function. Label the key points. d) Find the value of x, to the nearest hundredth of a centimetre, that gives the maximum volume. e) What is the maximum volume of the box, to the nearest cubic centimetre? Math 30-1 Chapter 3 Review Assignment p.12 15. A large software company determines that its profit, P, in dollars, for a certain program can be modeled by the function P x 500 x 40x2 5000 , where x represents the number, in thousands, of programs sold. a) What is the degree of the function P x ? b) What is the leading coefficient of this function? c) What is the constant of this function? d) What does the constant represent in this situation? e) What are the restrictions on the domain? f) What do the x-intercept(s) of the graph represent in this context? g) What is the profit from the sale of 50 000 programs? (RF12.7)