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A. Definition of A Function: Video Tutorial For Parts A, B, C

1. The document covers determining if a relation represents a function, evaluating functions, and properties of functions like domain and range. 2. It provides examples of determining if a relation is a function based on its graph or ordered pairs, evaluating functions, and finding the domain of functions given by equations. 3. The document also discusses adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing functions, and using the vertical line test to determine if a graph is a function based on whether a vertical line passes through the graph in more than one place.

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A. Definition of A Function: Video Tutorial For Parts A, B, C

1. The document covers determining if a relation represents a function, evaluating functions, and properties of functions like domain and range. 2. It provides examples of determining if a relation is a function based on its graph or ordered pairs, evaluating functions, and finding the domain of functions given by equations. 3. The document also discusses adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing functions, and using the vertical line test to determine if a graph is a function based on whether a vertical line passes through the graph in more than one place.

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Objectives:
- Determine whether a relation represents a function (p. 43)
- Find the value of a function (p. 46)
- Find the domain of a function defined by an equation (p. 49)
- Form the sum, difference, product, and quotient of two functions (p. 51)

A. Definition of a Function

















Determine if the relation defines y as a function of x. For each function,
state the domain and range.
Video tutorial for Parts A, B, C

1. { (-2, 5), (-1, 3), (3, 7), (4, 12)}




2. {(-4, 4), (-3, 3), (-2, 2), (-1, 1), (-4, 0)}


- A function is a rule. A function f is a rule that assigns to each element x in a set
A exactly one element, f(x), in a set B.
- Given a relation in x and y, we say y is a function of x if for every element x
in the domain, there corresponds exactly one element y in the range.
- This just means that a function cant repeat any x-coordinates
- A function can repeat y-coordinates
- Any set of ordered pairs (x, y) is called a relation in x and y.
- The set of first components in the ordered pairs is called the domain of the
relation
- The set of second components in the ordered pairs is called the range of the
relation
- Hint: Domain vs. Range
o D comes before R in the alphabet, just as x comes before y
o So, D goes with x and R goes with y
- When you list the numbers in the Domain and Range
o List each number only ONCE



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B. Determining Whether an Equation is a Function






Determine whether the equation defines y as a function of x.

1.
2
1
x
y = 2. x y 3 5 = 3.
2
2y x = 4. 1 2 3
2 3
+ = x x y

C. The Vertical Line Test







Use the Vertical Line Test to determine whether the relations define y as
a function of x.

1. 2.









3. 4.




- Solve the equation for y. If you get two solutions for y, the equation is not a
function.
- Some equations that are NEVER a function:
o An equation that has y
2
is never a function
o An equation that has represents two solutions and is not a function




How do we determine if a relation is a function from a graph?
Apply a Vertical Line Test
If a vertical line passes through two points, or through the graph twice, it,
FAILS the Vertical Line Test, and it is NOT a function




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D. Obtaining Information about the Graph of a Function
Video tutorial
Consider the function: ( )
2
1
2
+

=
x
x
x f
a) Is the point (2, 1) on the graph of f?
b) If x = 4, what is f(x)? What point is on the graph of f?
c) If f(x) = -8, what is x? What point(s) are on the graph of f?
d) List the x-intercepts, if any, of the graph of f.
e) List the y-intercept, if there is one, of the graph of f.
f) What is the domain of f?
g) What are the zeros of f?





























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a) Find ( ) 0 f and ( ) 6 f .
b) Find ( ) 2 f and ( ) 2 f .
c) Is ( ) 3 f positive or negative?
d) Is ( ) 1 f positive or negative?
e) For what values of x is f(x) = 0?
f) For what values of x is f(x) < 0?
g) What is the domain of f ?
h) What is the range of f ?
i) What are the x-intercepts?
j) What are the y-intercepts?
k) How often does the line y = -1
intersect the graph?
l) How often does the line x = 1
intersect the graph?
m) For what value of x does f(x) = 3?
n) For what value of x does f(x) = -2?
o) What are the zeros of f ?

E. Use the given graph of the function f to answer parts (a) (o).























Video tutorial a-g
Video tutorial h-o
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F. Determine whether the graph is that of a function by using the
vertical-line test. If it is, use the graph to find:
a)The domain and range b) The intercepts, if any c) Any symmetry with respect to the x-axis, the y-
axis, or the origin.

1.


















Video tutorial #1




2.













Video tutorial #2
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3.

















Video tutorial #3




4.


















Video tutorial #4
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G. Function Notation











Evaluate the function at the indicated function values.









When a function is defined by an equation, we often use function notation.
For example, y = 2x can be written as ( ) 2 f x x = .
f is the name of the function. (It can be g(x) or h(x), etc
x is an input value from the domain of the function
f(x) is the function value (y-value) corresponding to x.
The notation f(x) is read as f of x or the value of the function f at x
A function may be evaluated at different values of x by substituting x-values
from the domain into the function.
The ordered pairs you get are the same as (x, y), but they are (x, f(x))
So, if f(5) = 10, the ordered pair is (5, 10).


( )
( )
( )
( )
( ) =
=
= +

=
x f
x f
x f
f
f
2
1
1
0
Video tutorial for #1
1. ( ) 1 2
2
+ = x x x f
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2. ( ) 2 3 f x x =
(5)
( 4)
f
f
=
=
Video tutorial for #2

( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
( ) =
=
=
= +
= +
=
x f
x f
x f
x f
h x f
f
2
1
0
Video tutorial for #3

3.
( )
5 3
1 2

+
=
x
x
x f

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H. How do you find the domain?






Find the domain of the function in interval notation.
1.
7
( )
2 1
x
f x
x
+
=

Video tutorial for #1-9







2.
2 1
9
x
x
+







3.
2
4
( )
9
x
f x
x

=
+






4.


1) Is it a fraction?
a. Set the denominator equal to zero and solve for x.
b. Domain: ( ) ( ) ___, ___ ,
2) Is it an even index radical?
a. Set the inside expression >0 and solve for x.
b. Domain: | ) ( | ___ , be could it or ___,
3) All other expressions
a. Domain is all real numbers or: ( ) ,



( ) 1 2
2
+ = x x x f
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5. ( ) 4 f x t = +





6. ( ) 3 4 f x x =





7.
2
( ) 3 f x t t =





8.
5
( )
x
f x
x

=





9. ( ) 8 f x x t =

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