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General Mathematics Reviewer

- A relation is a set of ordered pairs that shows a mapping or pairing between a domain and range. A function is a special type of relation where each domain value is paired with exactly one range value. - The vertical line test can be used to determine if a relation represented graphically is a function - if a vertical line can pass through no more than one point, it is a function. - Functions can be represented numerically, algebraically as y=f(x), or graphically. Operations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division can be performed on functions. - The inverse of a function f is written as f^-1 and undoes the operation of f. Rational functions are functions where the denominator

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General Mathematics Reviewer

- A relation is a set of ordered pairs that shows a mapping or pairing between a domain and range. A function is a special type of relation where each domain value is paired with exactly one range value. - The vertical line test can be used to determine if a relation represented graphically is a function - if a vertical line can pass through no more than one point, it is a function. - Functions can be represented numerically, algebraically as y=f(x), or graphically. Operations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division can be performed on functions. - The inverse of a function f is written as f^-1 and undoes the operation of f. Rational functions are functions where the denominator

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Functions and Relations

Relation
- is a set of ordered pairs.
-mapping or pairing from the domain to the
range is one way to show correspondence in
a relation
Function Function Function

Ex. A = {(-1, 3), (2, 0), (-3, 2)}


Domainis the set of independent variables
Rangeis the set of dependent variables

Function Vertical line test


- is a test that determines whether a
-is a relation in which each of the element of
relation is a function or not by drawing
the domain is paired with exactly one
a vertical line through the graph of its
element of the range.
ordered pairs.
- is used to describe how one variable
depends to another.
- it can have a same value of domain.
-it may be represented numerically,
algebraically or graphically.

Function notation
𝑦 = 𝑓(𝑥)

Mapping or pairing
Operations on Functions Inverse Function
-The inverse is usually shown by putting a little "-1"
Sum
after the function name, like this:
𝑦 = (𝑓 + 𝑔) 𝑥
𝒇−𝟏 (𝒙)
𝑦 = 𝑓(𝑥) + 𝑔(𝑥)
Difference
Find the inverse function of f(x)=3x+2.
𝑦 = (𝑓 − 𝑔)𝑥
f (x)=3x+2
𝑦 = 𝑓(𝑥) − 𝑔(𝑥)
Product y = 3x + 2 Let f(x) =y
𝑦 = (𝑓𝑔)(𝑥) y - 2 = 3x Transpose the constant to the left side
𝑦−2 3𝑥
𝑦 = 𝑓(𝑥)𝑔(𝑥) =3 Divide both sides by 3
3
Quotient
𝑓 So if 𝑓 −1 (𝑦) =
𝑦−2
𝑦 = ( ) (𝑥) 3
𝑔
Since the choice of the variable is arbitrary, we can
𝑓(𝑥)
𝑦= write this as:
𝑔(𝑥)
𝑥−2
𝑓 −1 (𝑥) =
3
Composite Functions
(𝑓 ∙ 𝑔)(𝑥) 𝑜𝑟𝑓[𝑔(𝑥)] Rational Functions
(𝑔 ∙ 𝑓)(𝑥) 𝑜𝑟 𝑔[𝑓(𝑥)] - is defined as the quotient of polynomials in which
the denominator has a degree of at least 1.
𝑃(𝑥)
Evaluation of Functions 𝑓(𝑥) = , 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑄 ≠ 0
𝑄(𝑥)
To evaluate the output for “f(x)”you just need to
substitute the given value to “(x)”. Example.
(𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 − 2)
Example. 𝑓(𝑥) =
(𝑥 2 − 4)
Given 𝑓 (𝑥) = 6 − 𝑥 2 . Find 𝑓(1)and 𝑓(−2) The domain of this function includes all values of x,
Solution except where 𝑥 2 − 4 = 0
1. 𝑓(1) = 6 − 12
𝑓(1) = 6 − 1 We can factor the denominator to find the
𝑓(1) = 5 singularities of the function:𝑥 2 − 4=(x-2) (x+2)

2. 𝑓(−2) = 6 − (−2)2 Setting each linear factor equal to zero, we have


𝑓(−2) = 6 − 4 𝑥 − 2 = 0 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥 + 2 = 0. .
𝑓(−2) = 2
Solving each of these yields solutions𝑥 = 2 𝑎𝑛𝑑
𝑥 = −2 ; thus, the domain includes all 𝑥 not equal to
2 or -2.

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