Question

PLEASE HELP

You have to create 3 functions to make hills on a grap

Requirements are in the photo.
(ignore graphs)

4. Write equations for three hills that do meet the requirements. Sketch them on one axis. (For the
purposes of this exercise, this is a sketch, so the steepness and minimums and maximums of the
graphs do not need to be exact). (6 points: 1 point for each equation, 1 point for each sketched curve)

Answer 1

Hill 1: F(x) = -(x + 4)(x + 3)(x + 1)(x - 1)(x - 3)(x - 4)

Hill 2: F(x) = -(x + 4)(x + 3)(x + 1)(x - 1)(x - 3)(x - 4)

Hill 3: F(x) = 4(x - 2)(x + 5)

Explanation:

Hill 1

You must go up and down to make a peak, so your function must cross the x-axis six times. You need six zeros.

Also, the end behaviour must have F(x) ⟶ -∞ as x ⟶ -∞ and F(x) ⟶ -∞ as x⟶ ∞. You need a negative sign in front of the binomials.

One possibility is

F(x) = -(x + 4)(x + 3)(x + 1)(x - 1)(x - 3)(x - 4)

Hill 2

Multiplying the polynomial by -½ makes the slopes shallower. You must multiply by -2 to make them steeper. Of course, flipping the hills converts them into valleys.

Adding 3 to a function shifts it up three units. To shift it three units to the right, you must subtract 3 from each value of x.

The transformed function should be

F(x) = -2(x +1)(x)(x -2)(x -3)(x - 6)(x - 7)

Hill 3

To make a shallow parabola, you must divide it by a number. The factor should be ¼, not 4.

The zeroes of your picture run from -4 to +7.

One of the zeros of your parabola is +5 (2 less than 7).

Rather than put the other zero at ½, I would put it at (2 more than -4) to make the parabola cover the picture more evenly.

The function could be

F(x) = ¼(x - 2)(x + 5).

In the image below, Hill 1 is red, Hill 2 is blue, and Hill 3 is the shallow black parabola.