Functions Modeling Change: A Preparation for Calculus, Preliminary EditionWiley, 30.07.1997 - 612 Seiten The central theme of this book and course is functions as models of change. The authors emphasize that functions can be grouped into families and that functions can be used as models for real-world behavior. Because linear, exponential, power, and periodic functions are more frequently used to model physical phenomena, they are introduced before polynomial and rational functions. Once introduced, a family of functions is compared and contrasted with other families of functions. |
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LINEAR FUNCTIONS | 64 |
EXPONENTIAL AND LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS | 112 |
REVIEW PROBLEMS | 189 |
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algebraically amplitude angle annual average rate behavior concave constant coordinates cos² cosine function cost curve decreasing defined Describe distance domain equation Evaluate Example Explain exponent exponential function expression factor ferris wheel Find a formula given graph in Figure graph of ƒ graph of y growth rate heating schedule height horizontal asymptote increasing input integer interval inverse function Law of Cosines length Let f(x linear function maximum meters midline miles million minutes negative Notice o'clock position odd function period polynomial possible formula power function Problems for Section quadratic function quantity radians rate of change rational function real numbers represent shift shown in Figure sin(t sin² sine function sint Sketch a graph slope Solution solve square Suppose symmetry Table temperature transformations triangle trigonometric function unit circle values vector vertex vertical asymptote x-axis x-value y-axis y-intercept zero