Chapter 1 Learning Goals:
 Identify a relation as a function
 Find the domain and range of a function
 Identify a discontinuity as removable, jump or infinite
 Analyze graphs for increasing, decreasing, local max/min and absolute
max/min
 Determine if a function is even, odd or neither
 Find vertical and horizontal asymptotes
 Recognize ten basic functions and their properties
 Sketch the graph of a piece-wise function and determine if it is
continuous at a point
 Build new functions from old functions by adding, subtracting,
multiplying and dividing and composing functions
 Determine the inverse of a function
 Confirm algebraically or graphically whether a function has an inverse
 Algebraically and graphically represent translations, reflections,
stretches and shrinks of functions
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1. Click on the picture of the Pre Calculus Textbook
2. Choose InterAct Tutorials on left hand side
3. Click on “InterAct Math”, then hit Enter.
3. Under “Choose a Book”, select; Demana: PreCal, Graphical,
Numerical,Algebraic, 8e ; Then hit Submit
4. Choose Chapter 1: Functions and Graphs
5. Do the following problems:
Section
2: Functions and Their Properties
3: The Basic Functions
4: Build Functions from Functions
6: Graphical Transformations
Problems
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