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WHAT%IS%A%FUNCTION?!
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EVERY!X!VALUE!GIVES!ONLY!ONE!Y!VALUE!
(PASSES!THE!VERTICAL!LINE!TEST)!
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EACH!
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VERTICAL!
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LINE!ONLY!
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TOUCHES!
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ONCE!!
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FUNCTIONS!
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DOMAIN! ! ! ! ALL!VALUES!ON!THE!XTAXIS!
RANGE! ! ! ! ! ALL!VALUES!ON!THE!YTAXIS!
CONSTANT!! ! ! AS!!X!INCREASES…!Y!STAYS!THE!SAME!
INCREASING! ! ! AS!!X!INCREASES…!!Y!INCREASES
DECREASING! ! ! AS!!X!INCREASES…!!Y!DECREASES

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FUNCTIONS)(cont.)!
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ZERO%AND%FIRST%DEGREE%FUNCTIONS!
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THROUGH!
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ORIGIN!
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2nd!DEGREE%FUNCTION%(QUADRATIC)!

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EXPONENTIAL*FUNCTION!
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GROWING"BY"" “c ”"BECOMES""""LOSING"BY" " “c ”"BECOMES"""""""""OTHER"KEY"WORDS"
10%!!! " 1.10! ! !!!10%!! "! 0.90! ! !!!!!!“DOUBLES”…! c!=!2!
20%!!! " 1.20! ! !!!20%!! " 0.80! ! !!!!!!“TRIPLES”…! c!=!3!
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30%! ! " 1.30! ! !!!30%! " 0.70! ! !!!!!!“HALF”…! c!=! ! !

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PERIODIC(FUNCTION!
1. FIND!THE!PERIOD!(TIME!FOR!A!FULL!CYCLE)!
2. HOW!MANY!FULL!CYCLES?!
3. HOW!MUCH!TIME!DO!ALL!OF!THE!FULL!CYCLES!TAKE!UP?!
4. HOW!MUCH!TIME!IS!LEFT!AFTER!ALL!OF!THE!FULL!CYCLES?!
5. FIND!THAT!SPOT!ON!THE!GRAPH!
6. FIND!THE!RULE!USING!TWO!POINTS!
7. USE!THE!RULE!TO!FIND!THE!ANSWER!
8. ! ! EXAMPLE!OF!A!PERIODIC!FUNCTION!

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PIECEWISE'FUNCTION!
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DIFFERENT"FUNCTIONS"PIECED"TOGETHER"
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ON"A"GRAPH,"EACH"FUNCTION"HAS"A"DIFFERENT"DOMAIN
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STEP%FUNCTION!
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y!
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means!pass!right!
! through!
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! means!stop!and!read!
the!yTvalue!
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[x,!y[! ! ]x,!y]!
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0! x! !
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