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This document provides learning materials on general mathematics functions for students, including instructions to complete homework exercises. It introduces functions and relations, how to evaluate functions, and operations on functions including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and composition of functions. Students are asked to complete homework problems applying these concepts and showing their work.

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Genmath Learning Packets Aug. 17 2022

This document provides learning materials on general mathematics functions for students, including instructions to complete homework exercises. It introduces functions and relations, how to evaluate functions, and operations on functions including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and composition of functions. Students are asked to complete homework problems applying these concepts and showing their work.

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GENERAL MATHEMATICS LEARNING PACKETS 1 (Aug.

17, 2022)
Mr. Jerry Clark Ian C. Cabuntucan, LPT

Instructions: This material is intended for your self-learning at home. Do all the exercises given in each
topic, the one that is inside the blue-dashed box with the name “Home Exercise”. Write your answer on
your exercise notebook. You have to copy and answer and show your COMPLETE SOLUTION. We will check
your answer in the next meeting.

➔Lesson 1. Function as Models


Introduction

In this lesson, we will discuss what are functions and its representation in real life.

Objectives: TLO (Topic Learning Outcomes)

I will be able to
 Explain the meaning of functions
 Differentiate functions and relations

I.1 LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Discussion of Concept

There are different ways of looking at functions. We will consider a few. But first,
we need to discuss some terminology.

A "relation" is just a relationship between sets of information. Think of all the


people in one of your classes, and think of their heights. The pairing of names and
heights is a relation. In relations and functions, the pairs of names and heights are
"ordered", which means one comes first and the other comes second. To put it another
way, we could set up this pairing so that either you give me a name, and then I give you
that person's height, or else you give me a height, and I give you the names of all the
people who are that tall. The set of all the starting points is called "the domain" and the
set of all the ending points is called "the range." The domain is what you start with; the
range is what you end up with. The domain is the x's; the range is the y's. (I'll explain
more on the subject of determining domains and ranges later.)

A function is a "well-behaved" relation. Just as with members of your own family,


some members of the family of pairing relationships are better behaved than other.
(Warning: This means that, while all functions are relations, since they pair information,
not all relations are functions. Functions are a sub-classification of relations.) When we
say that a function is "a well-behaved relation", we mean that, given a starting point, we
know exactly where to go; given an x, we get only and exactly one y.
Let's return to our relation of your classmates and their heights, and let's suppose
that the domain is the set of everybody's heights. Let's suppose that there's a pizza-
delivery guy waiting in the hallway. And all the delivery guy knows is that the pizza is for
the student in your classroom who is five-foot-five. Now let the guy in. Who does he go
to? What if nobody is five-foot-five? What if there are six people in the room that are five-
five? Do they all have to pay? What if you are five-foot-five? And what if you're out of
cash? And allergic to anchovies? Are you still on the hook?
The relation "height indicates name" is not well-behaved. It is not a function. Given
the relationship

(x, y) = (five-foot-five person, name),

there might be six different possibilities for y = "name". For a relation to be a


function, there must be only and exactly one y that corresponds to a given x. Here are
some pictures of this:
Answer:
The relations f and g are functions since each of the element in X is mapped with only
one element of Y. The relation h is not a function since some element of x has more than
one element mapped to y: example 7 is mapped to 11 and 13 which shows that if we
have an input of 7, then it will produce an output of either 11 and 13, which must not
happen to a function, it must have a fixed single output.

Home Exercise 1: Intro to Functions Date: Aug. 17,2022


Which of the following mapping diagrams represent a function? Write YES if it
is a function and NO if it is not. Explain your answer.

A. Which of the following relations does NOT represent a function? Explain.


1. s={(−3,3) ,(−2,−2) ,(−1 ,−1) ,(0,0),(1,1), (2,2) ,(3,3) }
2. s={(1,1) ,(1,2),(1,3),(1,4) ,(1,5) }
3. s={(1,1) ,(2,1),(3,1),( 4,1),(5,1)}
4. s={(−3,9) ,(−2,4 ),(−1,1),(1,1) ,(2,4) }
5. s={(3 ,−3),(2 ,−2), (1,−1),(0,0),(−1,1),(−2,2)}

➔ Lesson 2. Evaluating Functions

Objectives: TLO (Topic Learning Outcomes)

I will be able to
 Evaluate functions.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Discussion of Concept

Home Exercise 2: Evaluating Functions Date: Aug. 17,2022


➔ Lesson 3. Operations on Functions

Objectives: TLO (Topic Learning Outcomes)

I will be able to
 Add, subtract, multiply, and divide functions.
 Perform composition of functions

I.3 LEARNING ACTIVITIES


Discussion of Concept
We can add, subtract, multiply, divide a function and the result is a new
function. There are 5 operations of function. It includes the four
fundamental operations (add, subtract, multiply and divide) and another one
called “composition of function” which will be discussed here for those who
are not familiar with it.
Addition:
We can add two functions:

(f + g)( x)=f (x )+ g ( x)

Note: we put the f +g inside () to show they both work on x.

Example: f ( x)=5 x +1 , g (x)=3 x−2

Solution

( f +g ) ( x ) =( 5 x +1 ) + ( 3 x−2 )

( f +g ) ( x ) =(5 x+ 3 x )+(1−2) <= combine like terms

( f +g ) ( x ) =8 x−1

Subtraction:
We can also subtract two functions:

(f −g)( x)=f ( x)−g( x)

Example: f (x)=2 x +3∧g ( x)=x 2

( f −g ) ( x )=( 2 x+3 )−( x )

( f −g ) ( x )=( 2 x−x )+ 3 <= combine like terms

( f −g ) ( x )=x +3
Multiplication:

We can multiply two functions: (take note that the symbol for
multiplication can also be a dot (∙) or the functions are separated though
parentheses)

(f·g)(x )=f ( x) · g( x)

Example: f (x)=2 x +3∧g (x)=x 2 <= <

(f·g)(x )=( 2 x+3 ) ( x2 )


2
(f·g)(x )=( 2 x+3 ) ( x ) <= distribute and multiply x 2 to 2x and 3

3 2
(f·g)(x )=2 x +3 x

Division:

And we can divide two functions: (take note that the denominator, which is
g(x), must not be equal to zero. If so, the whole function will become
undefined since any number divided by zero is undefined.)

( fg ) ( x )= gf (( xx))
Example: f (x)=2 x +3∧g (x)=x 2

( fg ) ( x )= 2 xx+3 2

COMPOSITION OF FUNCTIONS

"Function Composition" is applying one function to the results of another:

The result of f () is sent through g()

It is written: ( g ° f )(x)

Which means: g( f ( x ))
It is like using a function in evaluating another function. So basically,
you are putting a function inside another function.

Example: f (x)=2 x +3∧g (x)=x 2

"x" is just a placeholder. To avoid confusion let's just call it "input":

f (input)=2(input )+3

g(input )=( input )2

Let's start:

( g º f )(x)=g (f ( x))

First we apply f, then apply g to that result:

(g º f )( x)=(2 x+ 3)2

What if we reverse the order of f and g?

( f º g)(x)=f (g ( x))

First we apply g, then apply f to that result:

2
( f º g)(x)=2 x +3

We get a different result!

When we reverse the order the result is rarely the same.


So be careful which function comes first.

Home Exercise 3: Operations on Functions Date: Aug. 17,2022

Perform the indicated operation.

2 2
1. f ( x)=2 x +3, g( x )=5 x −2 , Find ( f + g)(x)

2. f ( x )=5 x−2 , g ( x )=4 x+3 , Find (f −g)(x)

3. f ( x )=5 x +7, g ( x )=2 x , Find ( f ∙ g)( x)

4. 2 2
f ( x )=4 x , g ( x )=2 x , Find ( fg )( x )
5. f ( x )=x +3 , g ( x )=2 x , Find (f ° g)(x)

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