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Unit 1.1 What Is A Function With Annotation

The document defines key concepts related to functions including: - A function relates each element of one set to an element in another set and is represented by f(x). - The graph of a function has horizontal and vertical intercepts where it crosses the x and y axes. - A function is increasing if its values increase as the input increases, and decreasing if its values decrease as the input increases. - A function is concave up if its graph lies above its tangent lines, and concave down if its graph lies below its tangent lines. The document provides examples to illustrate these concepts.

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Unit 1.1 What Is A Function With Annotation

The document defines key concepts related to functions including: - A function relates each element of one set to an element in another set and is represented by f(x). - The graph of a function has horizontal and vertical intercepts where it crosses the x and y axes. - A function is increasing if its values increase as the input increases, and decreasing if its values decrease as the input increases. - A function is concave up if its graph lies above its tangent lines, and concave down if its graph lies below its tangent lines. The document provides examples to illustrate these concepts.

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Unit 1.1 What is a function?

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Definition of a function (page 2)

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Remark

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Function notation and intercepts (page 3)

• We write to express the fact that is a function of .

• The graph of a function has a horizontal intercept (where it


crosses the horizontal axis) and/or a vertical intercept (where it
crosses the vertical axis).

• The horizontal intercepts are also called the zeros of the


functions

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Example 1

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Example 2 (working with time)

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Increasing and Decreasing Functions (page 5)

Definition
• A function is increasing if the values of increase as increases.

• A function is decreasing if the values of decrease as increases.

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Example 3

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Concavity (page 21)

Definition
• A function is concave up on an interval if the graph of lies
above all of its tangent lines on the interval.

• A function is concave down on an interval if the graph of lies


below all of its tangent lines on the interval.

• A linear function is neither concave up nor concave down.

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Example 4

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Example 5
Consider the three functions given below:
a) Sketch the graph of the function.
b) Use the graph to answer the following for every given
function. Use interval notation to represent the interval(s)
where the function is concave up and the interval(s) where
the function is concave down.

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