OVERVIEW

#1: Understanding of functions #2: Domain/Range of common functions

(particularly quadratic and trigonometric)

#3: Domain/Range of other #4: Constructing a function based

functions on a given domain/range.
RECAP :: Functions
A function is something which provides a rule on how to map inputs to outputs.
From primary school you might have seen this as a ‘number machine’.

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Q1 What does this function do?

It squares the input?then adds 2 to it.

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 Domain and Range
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🖉 The domain of a function is the set of 🖉 The range of a function is the set of
possible inputs. possible outputs.
Example
 
 
Sketch:
 

 
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We can use any real number as the input!

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Presuming the output has to be a real number, we
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The output, again, can only be positive.
 Mini-Exercise
In pairs, work out the domain and range of each function.
A sketch may help with each one.
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 Range of Quadratics
A common exam question is to determine the range of a quadratic.

 
 

 
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Range for Restricted Domains
Some questions are a bit jammy by restricting the domain. Look out for this, because
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Range of Trigonometric Functions

       

Suppose we restricted the domain in different ways.

Determine the range in each case (or vice versa). Ignore angles below 0 or above 360.

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Range of Piecewise Functions
It’s a simple case of just sketching the full function.

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Constructing a function from a domain/range

 
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Constructing a function from a domain/range
Sometimes there’s the additional constraint that the function is ‘increasing’ or
‘decreasing’. We’ll cover this in more depth when we do calculus, but the meaning of
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