Chapter 1/3 – Rational Inequalities and Rates of Change Lesson Package MHF4U
Chapter1/3–RationalInequalities
andRatesofChange
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Chapter1/3OutlineUnitGoal:Bytheendofthisunit,youwillbeabletosolverationalequationsandinequalitiesalgebraically.Youwillalsobeabletodemonstrateanunderstandingofaverageandinstantaneousratesofchange.
Section Subject LearningGoals CurriculumExpectations
L1 RationalEquationsandInequalities-Beabletosolverationalequationsandinequalities
C3.5,3.6C4.1,4.2,4.3
L2 AverageRatesofChange-Calculateandinterpretaverageratesofchangeoffunctions D1.1,1.2,1.3,
1.4
L3 InstantaneousRatesofChange-understandwhataninstantaneousrateofchangeisandbeabletouseaverageratesofchangetoestimateinstantaneousrates
D1.5,1.6,1.7,1.8,1.9
L4 NewtonQuotient -Beabletoproveidentitiesusingidentitieslearnedthroughouttheunit D1.8
Assessments F/A/O MinistryCode P/O/C KTACNoteCompletion A P PracticeWorksheetCompletion F/A P Quiz–SolvingRationalEquationsandInequalities F P
PreTestReview F/A P Test–RationalEquationsandRatesofChange O
C3.5,3.6D1.1,1.2,1.3,1.4,1.5,1.6,
1.7,1.8,1.9D4.1,4.2,4.3
P K(21%),T(34%),A(10%),C(34%)
L1–3.4SolveRationalEquationsandInequalitiesMHF4UJensenPart1:RationalExpressionsRationalExpression:thequotientoftwopolynomials,!(#)
%(#),where𝑞(𝑥) ≠ 0
Example1:Simplifyandstatetherestrictionsofeachrationalexpressiona) *#
+,-#+./#.*
b)#0,#+,#.1/#0,/
Part2:SolveRationalEquations
Stepsforsolvingrationalequations:
1) Fullyfactorbothsidesoftheequation2) Multiplybothsidesbyacommondenominator(crossmultiplyifappropriate)3) Continuetosolveasyouwouldanormalpolynomialequation4) Staterestrictionsthroughout(valuesof𝑥thatwouldmakedenominatorequalzero)
Example2:Solveeachequationa) 2
/#,3= 4 b) 6
#,*= 𝑥 − 1
c) #,3
#+,/#,2= /#.*
#+,1
Part3:SolveRationalInequalitiesREMEMBER:Solving________________isthesameassolving____________.However,whenbothsidesofaninequalityaremultipliedordividedbya____________number,theinequalitysignmustbe____________.
Example3:Solveeachinequalityalgebraicallya) #
+.6#.3*#+,9#./
< 0
Tomakeafactortable:
• Use𝑥-interceptsandverticalasymptotestodivideintointervals• Useatestpointwithineachintervaltofindthesignofeachfactor• Determinetheoverallsignoftheproductbymultiplyingsignsofeachfactorwithineachinterval.
Stepsforsolvingrationalinequalitiesalgebraically:
1) Useinverseoperationstomovealltermstoonesideoftheinequality2) Combinetheexpressionsontheusingacommondenominator3) Factorthepolynomial4) Findtheinterval(s)wherethefunctionispositiveornegativebymakingafactortable
b)𝑥 − 2 < -#
c)#./#.1
≥ #,*#,/
d)#0.6#+,*##+.2
≥ 2
L2–1.5AverageRatesofChangeMHF4UJensenPart1:Terminology____________________:ameasureofthechangeinonequantity(thedependentvariable)withrespecttoachangeinanotherquantity(theindependentvariable).____________________:alinethatpassesthroughtwopointsonthegraphofarelation____________________:alinethattouchesthegraphofarelationatonlyonepointwithinasmallintervalAn____________________________isachangethattakesplaceoveran____________,whilean________________________________________isachangethattakesplaceinan____________.Wewillfocusanaverageratesofchangeinthissection.Anaveragerateofchangecorrespondstotheslopeofa____________betweentwopointsonacurve.
Part2:AverageRatesofChangefromaTableorGraphNote:All__________relationshipshaveaconstantrateofchange.Averagerateofchangecalculationsoverdifferentintervalsoftheindependentvariablegivethe____________result.Wewillbefocusingon________________relationships.Non-linearrelationshipsdonothaveaconstantrateofchange.Averagerateofchangecalculationsoverdifferentintervalsoftheindependentintervalgive________________results.
Averagerateofchange=slopeofsecant= ∆𝒚
∆𝒙= 𝒚𝟐&𝒚𝟏
𝒙𝟐&𝒙𝟏= 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆
𝒓𝒖𝒏
Example1:Andrewdrainswaterfromahottub.Thetubholds1600Lofwater.Ittakes2hoursforthewatertodraincompletely.Thevolume𝑉,inLiters,ofwaterremaininginthetubatvarioustimes𝑡,inminutes,isshowninthetableandgraph.a)Calculatetheaveragerateofchangeinvolumeduringeachofthefollowingtimeintervals.i)30 ≤ 𝑡 ≤ 90ii)60 ≤ 𝑡 ≤ 90
iii)90 ≤ 110iv)110 ≤ 120b)Doesthetubdrainataconstantrate?A________________rateofchangeindicatesthequantityofthedependentvariableisdecreasingovertheinterval.Thesecantlinehasanegativeslope.A________________rateofchangeindicatesthequantityofthedependentvariableisincreasingovertheinterval.Thesecantlinehasapositiveslope.
Part2:AverageRateofChangefromanEquationExample2:Arockistossedupwardfromacliffthatis120metersabovethewater.Theheightoftherockabovethewaterismodelledbyℎ 𝑡 = −5𝑡: + 10𝑡 + 120,whereℎistheheightinmetersand𝑡isthetimeinseconds.Calculatetheaveragerateofchangeinheightduringeachtimeintervals.a)0 ≤ 𝑡 ≤ 1b)1 ≤ 𝑡 ≤ 2c)2 ≤ 𝑡 ≤ 3
L3–1.6InstantaneousRatesofChangeMHF4UJensenPart1:ReviewofAverageRatesofChangeAnaveragerateofchangecorrespondstotheslopeofa________________betweentwopointsonacurve.Aninstantaneousrateofchangecorrespondstotheslopeofa________________aonespecificpointonacurve.Example1:Theheight,ℎ,inmeters,after𝑡secondsismodelledbytheequationℎ 𝑡 = −4.9𝑡( + 14𝑡 + 1.Determinetheaveragerateofchangeoftheheightoftheballforeachtimeinterval.a)[0,0.5]b)[1,2.5]
Part2:FindInstantaneousRateofChangefromaGraphorTableInstantaneousRateofChange:Theexactrateofchangeofafunctionatonespecificvalueoftheindependentvariable.Canbeestimatedusingaverageratesofchangeforsmallintervalsoftheindependentvariable.Note:thebestestimatefortheinstantaneousrateofchangeoccurswhentheintervalusedtocalculatetheaveragerateofchangeismadeassmallaspossible.Example2:Findtheinstantaneousrateofchangeoftheheightoftheballat2seconds.Theequationfortheheightoftheballisℎ 𝑡 = −4.9𝑡( + 14𝑡 + 1.Method1:DrawTangentLineTheslopeofatangentatapointonagraphisequivalenttotheinstantaneousrateofchangeofafunctionatthispoint.Method2:ChooseaSurroundingIntervalChooseanintervalthathastheinstantaneousrateofchangelocationasitsmidpointifpossible.Forthisexample,choosetheinterval[1.5, 2.5].Usetheequationofthefunctiontodeterminethecorresponding𝑦values.
Method3:AveragingaPrecedingandFollowingInterval
Calculatetheaveragerateofchangeoneithersideof𝑡 = 2andthenaveragethem.
Forthisexample,findtheaveragerateofchangefortheintervals[1.5,2]and[2,2.5]andthenaveragethem.
Example3:ConsiderthedatafromtheBankofCanadaforthebeginningofNovemberin2007.EstimatetheinstantaneousrateofchangeofthevalueoftheCanadianDollaronNovember7th.
Day 1 2 5 7 8 13 14
ValueofCanadian$inUSCents 94.99 93.59 93.39 91.70 93.06 96.43 96.07
Method1:ChooseaSurroundingIntervalUsetheinterval[5,8]
AverageRateforinterval[1.5,2]
AverageRateforinterval[2,2.5]
Method2:AveragingaPrecedingandFollowingInterval(moreaccurate)
Part3:FindInstantaneousRateofChangefromanEquation
Squeezingaprecedingorfollowingintervalisatechniqueforestimatinginstantaneousratesofchange.Byfindingaverageratesofchangethatgetprogressivelysmaller,youcanmakemoreaccurateestimatesattowhattherateofchangeis____________________atanexactpoint.Example4:Usethechartbelowtoestimatetheslopeofthetangenttothecurve𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥6 − 𝑥at𝑥 = 2.
Interval ∆𝒚 ∆𝒙 Slopeofsecant= ∆𝒚∆𝒙
2 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 3
= 𝑓 3 − 𝑓(2)
= 2(3)6 − 3 − 2(2)6 − 2
= 51 − 14
= 37
= 3 − 2
= 1
=371
= 37
2 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2.5
= 𝑓 2.5 − 𝑓(2)
= 28.75 − 14
= 14.75
= 2.5 − 2
= 0.5
=14.750.5
= 29.5
2 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2.1
= 𝑓 2.1 − 𝑓(2)
= 16.422 − 14
= 2.422
= 2.1 − 2
= 0.1
=2.4220.1
= 24.22
2 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2.01
= 𝑓 2. .01 − 𝑓(2)
= 14.231202 − 14
= 0.231202
= 2.01 − 2
= 0.01
=0.2312020.01
= 23.1202
2 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2.001
= 𝑓 2.001 − 𝑓(2)
= 14.023012 − 14
= 0.023012
= 2.001 − 2
= 0.001
=0.0230120.001
= 23.012
AverageRateforinterval[5,7]
AverageRateforinterval[7,8]
Bylookingatthe________ofthesecantslopesaswe________________𝑥 = 2,wecanestimatetheslopeofthetangenttobe:
L4–NewtonQuotientMHF4UJensenPart1:DifferencebetweenAverageandInstantaneousRatesofChange
AverageRateofChange InstantaneousRateofChange
Part2:EstimatingInstantaneousRateofChangeUsingDifferenceQuotientLookingatthegraphof𝑓 𝑥 = −0.2 𝑥 − 5 ) + 6,points𝑃(𝑥, 𝑓 𝑥 )and𝑄(𝑥 + ℎ, 𝑓 𝑥 + ℎ )areonthegraphofthefunction.Byconnectingthepointswehaveasecantline.Findingtheslopeofthesecantlinewilltellustheaveragerateofchangebetweenthetwopoints.ThecloserwemovepointQtowardspointP,theclosertheaveragerateofchangewillgettotheinstantaneousrateofchangeatP.Inotherwords,theslopeofthesecantwillgetclosertotheslopeofthetangentlineatP.NoticethattheslopeofPRismuchclosertothetangent’sslopethantheslopeofPQis.
Example1a:Usethedifferencequotienttoestimatetheinstantaneousrateofchangeforthefunction𝑓 𝑥 = −0.2 𝑥 − 5 ) + 6when𝑥 = 2.Note:Chooseaverysmallvalueforℎ.Letℎ = 0.01Part2:ExactInstantaneousRateofChangeUsingNewtonQuotientAsseenintheprevioussection,thesmallerthedifferenceinthe𝑥values(smallerthesecantline),thecloserwegettotheactualinstantaneousrateofchange.Whatifweputthedifferenceinthe𝑥valuesat0?Thiswouldgiveustheinstantaneousrateofchangeexactly,buthowdowedivideby0?
DifferenceQuotient: Theinstantaneousrateofchangeof𝑦withrespectto𝑥atapointcanbeestimatedusingtheformulawhereℎismadetobeaverysmallnumber.Itgeneratesanincreasinglyaccurateestimateoftheslopeofthetangentat𝑥asthevalueofℎapproaches0.
NewtonQuotient:Theinstantaneousrateofchangeatany𝑥for𝑦 = 𝑓(𝑥)isThisiscalled“DerivativefromFirstPrinciples.”
Example1b:UsetheNewtonQuotienttocalculatetheinstantaneousrateofchangeforthefunction𝑓 𝑥 = −0.2 𝑥 − 5 ) + 6 = −0.2𝑥) + 2𝑥 + 1when𝑥 = 2.
Itisoftenusefultofindthegeneralequationforinstantaneousrateofchangeof𝑓(𝑥)thatcanbeusedtofindtheslopeofthetangentatanypointthroughoutthedomain.Thisequationiscalledthe‘derivative’andiswrittenas𝑓′(𝑥).Example2:a)Findaformulafortheinstantaneousrateofchangeforthefunction𝑓 𝑥 = 𝑥) − 5𝑥 + 4Note:Tofindageneralformulaforinstantaneousrateofchange,leavethe𝑥’sintheequation.b)Usetheformulatofindtheinstantaneousrateofchangewhen𝑥 = 3
Example3:a)Findaformulafortheinstantaneousrateofchangeforthefunction𝑓 𝑥 = −2𝑥) + 7.
b)Usetheformulatofindtheinstantaneousrateofchangewhen𝑥 = 3c)Usetheformulatofindtheinstantaneousrateofchangewhen𝑥 = −5
L5 – Limits MHF4U Jensen
The Greek mathematician Archimedes developed a proof of the formula for the area of a circle, 𝐴 = 𝜋𝑟2. His method, known as the “method of exhaustion,” involved calculating the area of regular polygons inscribed in the circle. The area of the polygon provides an estimate of the area of the circle. As Archimedes increased the number of sides of the polygon, its shape come closer and closer to the shape of a circle. An octagon provides a much better estimate of the area of a circle than a square does. What about a myriagon, a polygon with 10 000 sides? What happens to the estimate as the number of sides approaches infinity?
Archimedes’ method of finding the area of a circle is based on the concept of a LIMIT. The circle is the limiting shape of the polygon. As the number of sides gets larger, the area of the polygon approaches its limit, the shape of a circle, without ever becoming an actual circle. You used a similar strategy to estimate the instantaneous rate of change of a function. Your estimate became increasingly accurate as the interval between two points was made smaller. Using limits, the interval can be made infinitely small, approaching zero. As this happens, the slope of the secant approaches its limiting value, the slope of the tangent.
Section 1: Intro to Limits
Example 1: Complete the following table:
𝒙 2 2.5 2.9 2.99 3 3.01 3.1 3.5 4
𝒚 = 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐
Find the limit as 𝑥 approaches 3 from the left lim
𝑥→3−(𝑥2 − 2) =
Find the limit as 𝑥 approaches 3 from the right lim
𝑥→3+(𝑥2 − 2) =
Therefore, lim𝑥→3
(𝑥2 − 2) =
lim𝑥→𝑎
𝑓(𝑥) exists if the following 3 criteria are met
1. lim
𝑥→𝑎−𝑓(𝑥) exists
2. lim𝑥→𝑎+
𝑓(𝑥) exists
3. lim𝑥→𝑎−
𝑓(𝑥) = lim𝑥→𝑎+
𝑓(𝑥)
Section 2: Find limits from a graph
Example 2: Given the following graph of the piecewise function 𝑓(𝑥) = {
𝑥 − 1, 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 < 11, 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 = 1
2 + √𝑥 − 1, 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 > 1
lim
𝑥→1−𝑓(𝑥) =
lim
𝑥→1+𝑓(𝑥) =
∴ lim
𝑥→1𝑓(𝑥)
Example 3: Use the graph of 𝑓(𝑥) =𝑥+1
𝑥−4 to find:
lim
𝑥→4−𝑓(𝑥) =
lim
𝑥→4+𝑓(𝑥) =
∴ lim
𝑥→4𝑓(𝑥)
lim𝑥→∞
𝑓(𝑥) =
lim
𝑥→−∞𝑓(𝑥) =
Section 3: Limit of a Function from Graph (indeterminate form)
Example 4: Analyze the equation, table, and graph of 𝑓(𝑥) =𝑥2−1
𝑥−1 to find lim
𝑥→1𝑓(𝑥)
This table and graph suggests that lim
𝑥→1−𝑓(𝑥) =
lim
𝑥→1+𝑓(𝑥) =
∴ lim
𝑥→1𝑓(𝑥)
However, when plugging in 𝑥 = 1 in to the equation, we get 0
0 which is called the indeterminate form. The
function is not defined at this point. However, it is not necessary for the function to be defined at a point for its limit to exist. Try factoring to see if it has a removable discontinuity: lim𝑥→1
𝑓(𝑥) =
Section 4: Limit of a Function from an Equation (indeterminate form) Example 5: Find the following limits.
a) lim𝑥→−1
𝑥2−4
𝑥2+3 b) lim
𝑥→3
𝑥2−2𝑥−3
𝑥−3