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RECAP
Relations Functions Domain Range

Time to Think!
Determine if the given relation is a function.

{(x, y )| x {(x, y )| y

2 2

=1

} =1 }

Functions
Two main types of functions: Algebraic functions those functions that can be obtained by a finite combination of constants and variables together with the four basic operations, exponentiation, or root extractions. Transcendental functions those that are not algebraic.

Algebraic Functions

POLYNOMIAL FUNCTIONS
General Form:
P(x ) = an x + an1x
n n 1

Constant Functions
Standard Form: y = f ( x ) = b , where b is a real number. Domain: D f = R Range: R f = {b} Graph: Horizontal line passing through (0,b).

+ an2 x

n 2

+ K+ a3 x + a2 x + a1x + a0

where n is a non-negative integer and

a0,a1,a2,..., an R

The domain of any polynomial function is the set of all real numbers. If

an 0

, the polynomial function P is said

to be of degree n.

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Constant Functions
Examples Find the domain, range and sketch the Graph of the following:

Linear Functions
Standard Form:

1. y = f ( x ) = 2 2. y = g ( x ) = 3

where m and b are any real numbers. Domain: Range:

Graph: Straight line

Examples of Linear Function

1. f ( x ) = 2x 4 2. g ( x) = 3 x
3. h( x ) = 2x 5 4

How do we sketch the graph of a linear function?

Its enough to sketch a line using any 2 points. We can use y-intercept: the value of y when x=0 x-intercept: the value of x when y=0

Non-examples
1. n ( x ) = 1 x 2. i ( x ) = 4 2x 5

Illustrations: Note:
y-intercept: the value of y when x=0 x-intercept: the value of x when y=0
Thus , if y = g ( x) = 2 x 4 , then y-intercept: -4 x-intercept: 2 y-intercept: y=-4 x-intercept: x=2

1. f ( x ) = 2x 4

y-intercept: -4 x-intercept: 2

(0,4)

(2,0)

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Illustrations:
2. g( x ) = 4 x

y-intercept: 4 x-intercept: 4

Illustrations:
3. h( x ) =

2x 5 4

y-intercept: ? x-intercept: ?
for y int : when x = 0, y = 5 y int : 5 4 4 for x int : when y = 0, 0 = 2 x 5 2x = 5 x = 5 x int : 5 2 2

(0,4)

5 ,0 2
5 0, 4

(4,0)

Illustrations:
4. g ( x) = x

(0,0)

(2,2)

(1,1)