Problem 4
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Section 1.1: Four Ways to Represent a Function
Chapter 1: Functions and Models
Given information
The height of a person over time is a function that relates the age of a person to his corresponding height.
Step-by-step explanation
The height of a person over time is a function that relates the age of a person to his corresponding height.
Consider a man who was inches long at birth, reached a height of feet at age , and remained at this height until the age of , when the study ended.
The range of this function would be the set of heights from the height of the man at birth to the maximum height that the man reaches during his lifetime, i.e. where is in inches.
The domain of this function would be the age of the man being studied, i.e where is in years.
The height of a man from his time of birth until years of age.
Range: where is in inches.
Domain: where is in years.