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Day 3 (Constant and Linear Functions)

This document discusses different types of functions including algebraic functions, polynomial functions, constant functions, and linear functions. It provides examples of each type of function and how to determine their domain, range, and sketch their graph. For linear functions specifically, it notes that the y-intercept is the y-value when x=0 and the x-intercept is the x-value when y=0, and illustrates how to find and graph the intercepts for some example linear functions.

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Day 3 (Constant and Linear Functions)

This document discusses different types of functions including algebraic functions, polynomial functions, constant functions, and linear functions. It provides examples of each type of function and how to determine their domain, range, and sketch their graph. For linear functions specifically, it notes that the y-intercept is the y-value when x=0 and the x-intercept is the x-value when y=0, and illustrates how to find and graph the intercepts for some example linear functions.

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11/18/2010

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)

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