1.

1
Four ways to represent a function
 1.1 Four ways to represent a function.

What are functions about?

• Dependence/correspondence
• Input -> Output
• Same input, same output
 Area of a circle

• Area
• Area depends on the length of the
radius
 1.1 Four ways to represent a function.

Example: Cost of mailing a parcel is based on weight

Weight (up to ) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Cost R60 R120 R180 R240 R300 R360 R420 R480 R540

• NB: each weight cannot have more than one cost

Function vs. Relation
 Definition of a function

A Rule which takes input values and gives to each a specific output value.
Concepts:
• Domain
• Range
• Independent variable
• Dependent variable
• Cost= f(w) (Cost is dependent on weight)
 Definition of a function

Example
(a) Find the values of f(-2) and f(1)
(b) What is the domain and range of f?
 Stewart Example 2 on p. 10
Sketch the graph and find the domain and range
 Stewart Example 3 on p. 10

If and , evaluate
 Representation of functions

1. Tables
2. Graphs
3. Formulas
4. Words
5. More?
 Stewart Example 4 on p.12

You open the warm water tap. The temperature, , of the water depends on
how long the tap has been open.
Draw a rough graph of against the time which passes starting when the tap
was opened.
 Stewart Example 5 on p.12

A rectangular storage container with an open top has a volume of . The length
of its base is twice its width. Material for the base costs $10 per square meter;
material for the sides costs $6 per square meter. Express the cost of materials
as a function of the width of the base.
 Stewart Example 6 on p.13

Find the domain in both the following two cases:

(a)
(b)
 The vertical line test
Which of the following graphs represent functions?
 This is an example of a
piece-wise defined
function.
The vertical line test
Which of the following graphs represent functions?
 Stewart Example 7 on p.14

Find and sketch the graph.

 Stewart Example 8 on p.15

Find and sketch the graph.

 Stewart Example 9 on p.15

Find a formula for the function graphed here:

SYMMETRY: Even and Odd functions

Even functions
Even
functions
have y-axis
symmetry

For an even function, for each point (x, y) on the graph, the point (-x,y)
is also on the graph.
 Odd functions
Odd
functions
have
origin
symmetry

For an odd function, for each point (x, y) on the graph, the point
(-x, -y) is also on the graph.
A function is even if for every number in the domain.

So if you plug a into the function and you get the original
function back again it is even.

f x   5 x  2 x  1
4 2 Is this function even?

f x   2 x  x 3 Is this function even?

A function is odd if for every number in the
domain.
So if you plug a into the function and you get the negative of the
function back again (all terms change sign) it is odd.

f x   5 x  2 x  1
4 2 Is this function odd?

f x   2 x  x 3 Is this function odd?

 If a function is neither even nor odd we just say
neither.
Determine if the following functions are even, odd or neither.

f x   5 x  1 3

f x   3 x  x  2 4 2
 sin(x) is an odd function

sin ( −𝑥 )=−sin ( 𝑥 )
cos(x) is an even function
 Example 11, p.16
Determine if the functions are even, odd or neither:
 Increasing and decreasing functions

A function is increasing over an interval [a,b] if

with

A function is decreasing over an interval [a,b] if

with
 List of exercises

• 1, 2, 3
• 7-19, 23, 33-45, 49-59, 63 (odd ones)
• 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83, 85
• 87*,88*