Today in Pre-Calculus

• Go over homework
• Notes: Determining if a function is bounded
below, bounded above or unbounded
- need a calculator
• Homework
 incr: (- ∞, ∞) decr: (- ∞, 0 ) decr: (- ∞, 0 )
incr: (0, ∞) incr: (0, ∞)

decr: ( 3, 5 ) decr: ( 3, ∞)
decr: (- 1, 1) incr: (-∞, 3 ) incr: (-∞, 0 )
incr: (- ∞, -1 ), ( 1, ∞) constant: ( 5, ∞) constant: (0, 3)
decr: (- ∞, ∞) incr: (- ∞, 0)
decr: (0, ∞)
decr: (- ∞, -4) decr: (2,∞)
incr: ( 4, ∞) incr: (-∞,-2)
Inc(0,3) constant(-2,2)
decr: (- ∞, 0) decr: ( - ∞, 7)υ (7, ∞)
cons: (3, ∞)
 Functions Bounded Below
• Definition: A function f is bounded below if
there is some number b that is less than or
equal to every number in the range of f.
• Answers is in terms of y-values
• Any such number b is
called a lower bound of f.
• In this graph b=-2
 Functions Bounded Above
• A function f is bounded above if there is
some number B that is greater than or
equal to every number in the range of f.
• Any such number B is called an upper
bound of f.
• In this graph B = 3
 Bounded
• A function f is bounded if it is bounded from
both above and below.
• In this graph b = -1 and B = 1.
 Unbounded
• A function f is unbounded if it is neither
bounded from above and below.
• As separate pieces (or branches), the lower
piece is bounded above and the upper piece is
bounded below, however as a whole the
function f is unbounded.
 Example 1
Bounded below
y



b=3




Prove Algebraically:




x2≥0 

2x2≥0 

2x2+3≥0+3 

2x2+3≥3



x

        


 Example 2
Bounded
y

b = -1


B=1


                  








 Example 3
Bounded above
y

B=5 


x

                  




















 Example 4
unbounded
y

                  








 Homework
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