3. Cementing the Building Blocks of Pre-Calculus Functions

Question 1

Pre-Calculus for Dummies

How is the coordiate plane like a computer?

Answer 1

Question 2

Pre-Calculus for Dummies

What is a funciton?

Answer 2

Question 3

Pre-Calculus for Dummies

How does knowing a function is even or odd help you?

Answer 3

Question 4

Pre-Calculus for Dummies

What is the mathimatical definition of an even and an odd function?

Answer 4

Question 5

Pre-Calculus for Dummies

What is an one-to-one function, and what do you know about a function if it is one-to-one?

Answer 5

Question 6

Pre-Calculus for Dummies

What kind of function is this?

Answer 6

Quadratic function

Question 7

Pre-Calculus for Dummies

What is the parent formula of a quadratic function?

Answer 7

Question 8

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What is the formula for the parent square root function? And what are the two ways to write it?

Answer 8

Question 9

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What type of function is this graph?

Answer 9

Square-root function

Question 10

Pre-Calculus for Dummies

What is the parent formula for a square root function?

Answer 10

Question 11

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What type of function is this graph?

Answer 11

Absolute Value function

Question 12

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What is the parent formula for an absolute value graph?

Answer 12

Question 13

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What type of function is this?

Answer 13

Cubic function

Question 14

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What type of function is this?

Answer 14

Cube-Root function

Question 15

Pre-Calculus for Dummies

What is the parent formula for cube-root function?

Answer 15

Question 16

Pre-Calculus for Dummies

What is a piece-wise function?

Answer 16

Question 17

Pre-Calculus for Dummies

How is a piece-wise function written?

Answer 17

Question 18

Pre-Calculus for Dummies

What kind of function is this?

Answer 18

Piece-Wise Function

Question 19

Pre-Calculus for Dummies

What is a rational function?

Answer 19

Question 20

Pre-Calculus for Dummies

What is the difference between a rational function and a rational exponent?

Answer 20

Question 21

Pre-Calculus for Dummies

When does a rational function have a vertical asymptote?

Answer 21

Question 22

Pre-Calculus for Dummies

What is the value called that a graph will get closer and closer to but never cross?

Answer 22

asymptote

Question 23

Pre-Calculus for Dummies

How do you find a vertical Asymptote?

Answer 23

Question 24

Pre-Calculus for Dummies

What do you need to focus on to find the horizontal asymptotes?

Answer 24

Question 25

Pre-Calculus for Dummies

What is the horizontal asymptote if the denominator has a higher degree than the numerator?

Answer 25

Question 26

Pre-Calculus for Dummies

How do you find the horizontal asymptote if the degree of the numerator and denominator are the same?

Answer 26

Question 27

Pre-Calculus for Dummies

If the numerator of a rational funciton is one degree greater than the denominator, what kind of asymptote will you have?

Answer 27

Question 28

Pre-Calculus for Dummies

What is an oblique asymptote?

Answer 28

Question 29

Pre-Calculus for Dummies

Does an asymptote have to be a straight line?

Answer 29

Question 30

Pre-Calculus for Dummies

How do you find an oblique asymptote?

Answer 30

Question 31

Pre-Calculus for Dummies

How do you find the y-intercepts of an equation?

Answer 31

Question 32

Pre-Calculus for Dummies

How do find the x-intercepts of an equation?

Answer 32

Question 33

Pre-Calculus for Dummies

What kind of asymptote is never crossed?

Answer 33