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Math 141: Precalculus: Quiz 1B: Functions (Chapter 1)

This document provides an overview of topics that will be covered on Quiz 1B for MATH 141: Precalculus. It outlines 11 sections from Chapter 1 on functions that students should know, including topics like evaluating functions, graphs of functions, transformations, combining functions, and inverses of one-to-one functions. The instructor notes that while this covers the main topics, the quiz may include material beyond what is listed.

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Math 141: Precalculus: Quiz 1B: Functions (Chapter 1)

This document provides an overview of topics that will be covered on Quiz 1B for MATH 141: Precalculus. It outlines 11 sections from Chapter 1 on functions that students should know, including topics like evaluating functions, graphs of functions, transformations, combining functions, and inverses of one-to-one functions. The instructor notes that while this covers the main topics, the quiz may include material beyond what is listed.

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MATH 141: PRECALCULUS

QUIZ 1B: FUNCTIONS


(CHAPTER 1)
DISCLAIMER: This may or may not be a comprehensive list, but its a very good start!
Know all aspects of these topics; I may go beyond listed subtopics.
CHAPTER 1: FUNCTIONS
Functions (1.1)
Notation and Terminology
Domain and Range
Evaluating Functions
Graphs of Functions (1.2)
Point-Plotting as a last resort
Vertical Line Test (VLT)
Domain and Range from a Graph
Zeros (or Roots) of a Function
Real Zeros as x-intercepts
Zeros of Radicals and Fractions
Intervals of Increase, Decrease, and Constant Value
Basic Graphs and Symmetry (1.3)
Basic Functions and Their Graphs
Asymptotes
Symmetry (Even, Odd, Neither)
Transformations (1.4)
Translations: Vertical and Horizontal Shifts
Reflections: About x-axis, y-axis, Origin
Stretching and Squeezing (Nonrigid)
Domain and Range
Combining Transformations
Going Between Graphs and Equations
Translations through Coordinate Shifts
Piecewise-Defined Functions (1.5)
Evaluating and Graphing
Greatest Integer (or Floor) Function
Combining Functions (1.6)
f
f + g, f  g, fg,
g
Linear Combinations
Compositions of Functions
Decomposing a Composite Function
Domains for the above

Symmetry Revisited (1.7)


Short Cuts for Even and Odd Functions

( )

x = f y (1.8)
Graphing
Horizontal Line Test (HLT)
Basic Graphs
Symmetry
Transformations
Inverses of One-to-One Functions (1.9)
Inverse Properties
Switching x (Domain), y (Range)
One-to-One Functions and the Horizontal Line Test (HLT)
Tables and Graphs of f vs. f 1
Finding a Formula for f

1

( x)

Difference Quotients (1.10)


Difference Quotients and Average Rates of Change (including Average Velocity)
Evaluating
Derivatives (1.11)
(These are not on the quiz, but you should skim this for Calculus.)

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