Chapter+1_Functions+and+Graphs

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=Chapter 1: Functions and Graphs: =

__Section 1.1: Modeling and Equation Solving__
Key Concepts: **Due: 10/01/2012**
 * Numeric models
 * Algebraic models
 * Graphical models
 * The zero factor property
 * Problem solving
 * Grapher failure and hidden behavior
 * Assignment: Pg 81: 3-60 (3rds)**

__Section 1.2: Functions and Their Properties__
Key Concepts: **Due:**
 * Function definition and notation
 * Domain and range
 * Continuity
 * Increasing and decreasing functions
 * Boundedness
 * Local and absolute extrema
 * Symmetry
 * Asymptotes
 * End behavior
 * Assignment: Pg 102: 3-84 (3rds)**

__Section 1.3: Twelve Basic Functions__
Key Concepts: **Due: 10/15/2012**
 * What graphs can tell us
 * Twelve basic functions
 * Analyzing functions graphically
 * Assignment: Pg 113: 3-63 (3rds), 69**

__Section 1.4: Building Functions from Functions__
Key Concepts: **Due: 10/17/2012**
 * Combining functions algebraically
 * Composition of functions
 * Relations and implicitly defined functions
 * Assignment: Pg 124: 3-42 (3rds), 45-50**

__Section 1.5: Parametric Relations and Inverses__
Key Concepts: **Due: 10/23/2012**
 * Relations defined parametrically
 * Inverse relations and inverse functions
 * Assignment: Pg 135: 3-36 (3rds), 39-44, 47, 50**

__Section 1.6: Graphical Transformations__
Key Concepts: **Due: 10/26/2012**
 * Transformations
 * Vertical and horizontal translations
 * Reflections across axes
 * Vertical and horizontal strecthes and shrinks
 * Combining transformations
 * Assignment: Pg 147: 3-54 (3rds), 59-64**

__Sections 1.5-1.6 Graded HW:[[file:1.5-1.6 Graded HW (Student).pdf]]__

 * due: 10/29/2012 **

__Section 1.7: Modeling with Functions__
Key Concepts: **Due: 11/2/2012**
 * Functions from formulas
 * Functions from graphs
 * Functions from verbal descriptions
 * Functions from data
 * Assignment: Pg 160: Quick Review: 2-10 (evens), Excercises: 3-48 (3rds), 50, 51**