Pre Calc Notes
Pre Calc Notes
Topics
1.1.1
Interpreting Graphs
Functions
Function:__________________________________________________________________________________
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Domain:___________________________________________________________________________________
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Range:____________________________________________________________________________________
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Parent Graph Graphic Organizer
Domain: 𝑥 𝑦
𝒚=𝒙
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Family: Range:
_________________ ______________
Domain: 𝑥 𝑦
𝟐
𝒚=𝒙
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Family: Range:
_________________ ______________
Domain: 𝑥 𝑦
𝟑
𝒚=𝒙
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Family: Range:
_________________ ______________
𝑥 𝑦
Domain:_____________
𝒚 = 𝒃𝒙 for 𝒃 > 𝟏
Range:______________
Family:
Locator Point:_________
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Asymptote:___________
𝑥 𝑦
Domain:_____________
𝒚 = 𝒃𝒙 for 𝟎 < 𝒃 < 𝟏
Range:______________
Family:
Locator Point:_________
_________________
Asymptote:___________
𝑥 𝑦
𝟏 Domain:_____________
𝒚=
𝒙
Range:______________
Family: Asymptote:___________
_________________ Asymptote:___________
Domain: 𝑥 𝑦
𝒚 = |𝒙|
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Family: Range:
_________________ ______________
Domain: 𝑥 𝑦
𝒚 = √𝒙
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Family: Range:
_________________ ______________
Domain: 𝑥 𝑦
𝟑
𝒚 = √𝒙
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Family: Range:
_________________ ______________
𝑥 𝑦
Domain:_____________
𝒚 = 𝒍𝒐𝒈(𝒙)
Range:______________
Family:
Locator Point:_________
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Asymptote:___________
1.1.2
The Spring Problem
Rules of Exponents
1. 𝑥 𝑚 ∗ 𝑥 𝑛 = _________ 4. 𝑥 0 = = _______
𝑥𝑚
2. ( 𝑥 𝑛 ) = _______ 5. 𝑥 −𝑛 = _______
1.1.4
Rates of Change
Average Rate of Change (AROC) is defined as ____________________________________________________
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1.1.6
Equivalent Expressions
Point Slope Form of a Line
A line with slope of m that passes through the point (𝑥1 , 𝑦1 ) can be written in the form
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2
Example: A line that has a slope of − 7 that passes through the point (−1, 5) can be written as:
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1.2.1
Composition of Functions
Composing Functions means __________________________________________________________________
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Notation for the inverse of a function 𝑓(𝑥) is__________. 𝑓 −1 (𝑥) does not mean __________.
1.2.3
Piecewise Functions and Continuity
Piecewise Function
2𝑥 − 5 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑥 < 3
Example: Graph 𝑓(𝑥) = {
−(𝑥 − 3)2 + 3 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑥 ≥ 3
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1.3.2
Radian Measure in the Unit Circle
The Unit Circle is _________________________________________
Coterminal Angles
Radians
A radian is_________________________________________
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1.3.3
Angular Motion
Angular motion is _______________________________________________________
Chapter 1 Vocabulary
angular motion average rate of change composite functions
continuous coterminal domain
equation equivalent expressions function
function notation graph inverse function
invertible modeling cycle multiple representations
parent graph piecewise-defined function properties of exponents
radian range rationalize the denominator
slope table unit circle