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Sketch The Domain of Functions

The document provides examples of functions and their domains, evaluating functions at given values, sketching graphs of functions, and solving probability problems involving probability density functions. It contains 5 sections that demonstrate: 1) sketching domains of functions, 2) evaluating functions, 3) sketching graphs, 4) determining properties of a probability density function such as its mean and median, and 5) calculating a probability using a given density function.

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Sketch The Domain of Functions

The document provides examples of functions and their domains, evaluating functions at given values, sketching graphs of functions, and solving probability problems involving probability density functions. It contains 5 sections that demonstrate: 1) sketching domains of functions, 2) evaluating functions, 3) sketching graphs, 4) determining properties of a probability density function such as its mean and median, and 5) calculating a probability using a given density function.

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1. Find and sketch the domain of the following functions.

√
(a) f (x, y) = x + y + 2

Solution: We need x+y +2 ≥ 0, which is drawn below. The boundary is the line x+y +2 = 0.
-1 -0.5 0 0.5 1
-1

-1.5

-2

-2.5

-3

√ √
(b) f (x, y) = x+ y−3

Solution: We need x ≥ 0 and y − 3 ≥ 0.


5

4.5

3.5

2.5

2
-1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2

xy
(c) f (x, y) = x+y−1

Solution: We need x + y − 1 6= 0. The line x + y − 1 = 0 is drawn below; the domain of f is


everything else in the plane.
1

0.5

-0.5

-1
-1 -0.5 0 0.5 1
2
(d) f (x, y) = xey +y+1

Solution: The domain is the whole plane.

(e) f (x, y) = ln(1 − x2 − y 2 )

Solution: We need 1 − x2 − y 2 > 0, or equivalently, 1 > x2 + y 2 . This is the interior of the


unit circle.
2

1.5

0.5

-2 -1.5 -1 -0.5 0.5 1 1.5 2


-0.5

-1

-1.5

-2

2. Find the values of the function


(a) f (x, y) = x2 − 4xy − y 2
i. f (3, 2)

Solution: f (3, 2) = 19

ii. f (x, x1 ) f (x, x1 ) = x2 − 4 − 1


x2
p
(b) f (x, y, z) = x2 + y 2 + x2
i. f (1, 2, 3)
√
Solution: f (1, 2, 3) = 14

ii. f (2, 4, 6)
√
Solution: f (2, 4, 6) = 2 14

3. Sketch the graph of the following functions.


(a) f (x, y) = 8 + x
(b) f (x, y) = x + y
(c) f (x, y) = x2 + y = 2
p
(d) f (x, y) = 5 − x2 − y 2 = 1
2
+2x+1+y 2
(e) f (x, y) = ex

Solution: Searching “3D plotter” will yield many options for graphing these.

x3
4. Let f (x) = C (10 − x) for 0 ≤ x ≤ 10 where C is a constant, and f (x) = 0 for all other values of x.

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(a) if f (x) is a probability density function, determine the value of C.

Solution:
∞ 10 10
x3
Z Z Z
1= f (x) dx = (10 − x) dx =⇒ C = x3 (10 − x) dx = 5000
−∞ 0 C 0

The function you are integrating is a polynomial.

(b) For that value of C, find P (1 < X < 4) and P (X > 6) where X is the random variable associated
to f (x).

Solution:
4
x3
Z
4329
P (1 < X < 4) = (10 − x) dx =
1 5000 50000
10
x3
Z
2072
P (X > 6) = (10 − x) dx =
6 5000 3125

(c) Find the mean and median of X given above.

Solution: The mean is


10 10
x4
Z Z
20
x · f (x) dx = (10 − x) dx = .
0 0 5000 3
Rm
The median is the number m such that 0
f (x) dx = 1/2. To find it:
m
x3
Z    
1 1 5 4 1 5 m 1 5 4 1 5
= (10 − x) dx = x − x = m − m
2 0 5000 5000 2 5 0 5000 2 5

It’s not obvious to me how you are expected to solve this equation, but the unique solution in
the inteval [0, 10] is approximately m ≈ 6.86.

5. Given the probability density function f (x) = xe−x for x ≥ 0 and f (x) = 0 for all other values of x.
Find the probability P (X ≥ 1).

Solution: Z ∞
2
P (X ≥ 1) = f (x) dx =
1 e
You can do this integral using integration by parts with u = x and dv = e−x dx.

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