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Precalculus Class is starting! Make sure you are ready by having out: Due Today-MPS #1 Completed Due Next Class- Covered Book Syllabus/ Calc Form$/ Autobiography/ MPS 2 Pencil/ Lined Paper/ Green Pen

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Key

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Key MPS #1 U1
1. a) x2 + 14x + 49 b) a2 - 20a + 100

2. 11.5

3.
9 4 -1 -6 -11

4.

5. slope, m = 5 y intercept, b = -1

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Lesson 1.1 Continued...
Try the following...
Solutions

Quick Review: Last year you learned how to use function notation...

a) b)
c)

d)

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Lesson 1.2 : Composition of Functions

Sometimes it will be convenient to combine two functions into one, new function.

Today we will focus on two different way to do this:

FIRST - we will learn to combine functions by adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing them....

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Operations with Functions

Sum: (f + g)(x) = f(x) + g(x) Difference: (f - g)(x) = f(x) - g(x) Product: (f g)(x) = f(x) g(x) Quotient: (f/g)(x) = f(x)/g(x), where g(x) 0

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Ex. Given f(x) = 3x2 - 4 and g(x) = 4x + 5, find each function:

a)

(f + g)(x)

b) (f - g)(x)

c)

(fg)(x)

d)

(f/g)(x)
What do you know about variables in the denominator?

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Composition of Functions
The composite function fg means the following:
(f g)(x) = f(g(x))

Ex. If f(x) = 2x2 - 3x + 8 and g(x) = 5x - 6, a) Find (gf)(3)

b)

Find (gf)(x)

Another Ex? f(x)=2x

a) Find (fg)(3)

g(x)= x+1

b) Find (gf)(3)

c) Find (ff)(3)

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Iterations of Functions
An iteration is a process that keeps repeating itself...
Here's an example: Find the first three iterates of the function f(x) = 2x - 3 for an initial value of x0 = 1

Each output we found is an iterate.

FYI- The composition of a function and itself is called iteration. Ex. fff(1)

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Practice Work:
pg. 17-19: # 5, 6, 8-11,18,19,21,26,28,31,34

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