Lecture 4 Functions
Lecture 4 Functions
Language and
Symbols
Unit 2: Speaking Mathematically
• Week 2: Characteristics of Mathematical
Language, Expressions, and Sentences
• Week 3 and 4: The Four Basic Concepts: Sets,
Functions, Relations, and Binary operations
• Week 5: Elementary logic: Connectives,
Quantifiers, Negation, and Variables.
INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
➢Discuss the language, symbols, and conventions
of mathematics.
➢Explain the nature of mathematics as a language.
➢Perform operations on mathematical expressions
correctly.
➢Acknowledge that mathematics is a useful
language.
RECALL
Answer the following as required.
1. If a set consists of 7 elements, how many possible subsets can be
written from this set?
2. Write the set of all possible integers less than 6.
3. Write in a convenient mathematical form, the set of all positive
integers less than 12.
4. Can you conclude that A = B if A and B are two sets with the
same power set?
5. How many different elements does 𝐴 × 𝐵 have if A has h
elements and B has k elements?
RECALL
Answer the following as required.
6. Let 𝐴 = 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐, 𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵 = 𝑒, 𝑓, 𝑔, ℎ . 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑛 𝐴 ∪ 𝐵 .
7. What is the power set of the set {1, 2, 3, 4}?
8. What is the power set of the empty set?
QUIZ NO. 3
Answer the following items as required.
1. Is the list of favorite subjects in college a well-defined set?
2. List all the elements of set A containing all even prime numbers.
3. Write set B, a set of months with 30 days, using roster method.
4. Write set C = {1, 3, 5, 7} using rule method.
5. Is the set of integers less than or equal to – 1 a finite or infinite
set?
6. Find the cardinality of set
D = {x/x is a vowel in the word mathematics}
QUIZ NO. 3
Answer the following items as required.
7. Consider set E = {x/x is a positive integer, 1 < 𝑥 ≤ 5}. Which of
the following is/ are TRUE?
a. 𝐴 = {2,3,4,5} c. 2 ∈ 𝐴
b. 3 ∈ 𝐴 d. 1 ∉ 𝐴
QUIZ NO. 3
Answer the following items as required.
For item nos. 8 to 10:
Given 𝐹 = 0,2,4,6,8 ; 𝐺 = 1,3,5,7 ; 𝐻 = {1,2,3,4,5}
8. Find : F∩𝐻
9. Find: 𝐻′
E={2,3,4,5}
QUIZ NO. 3
Answer the following items as required.
For item nos. 8 to 10:
Given 𝐹 = 0,2,4,6,8 ; 𝐺 = 1,3,5,7 ; 𝐻 = {1,2,3,4,5}
Equation
𝑦 = 2𝑥 + 1
Is A = {(0, 1), (2,2), (3,4), (0,1) a function?
Which of these graphs represent a function?
VERTICAL LINE TEST
FUNCTION NOTATION
2𝑥
Given 𝑟 𝑥 = , find 𝑟 3 .
𝑥 2 −9
Given f 𝑥 = 4 − 𝑥, find f 5 .
OUTPUT NO. 4