Date: ...............

LAB 1

Value of functions

Aim :

• To construct an applet to establish geometrically the

correspondence of a number and its image under a function

• To use this applet to find the images of numbers under various

functions.

• To use an applet to visualise the comparison of a function with

an input-output machine

Concepts :

• Image of a number a under a function f is denoted byf (a)

• Graph of the function f is the collection of points (a, f (a))

Activity 1.1 - Functions

• Draw the graph of f (x) = x2

• Create a number slider a with increment 0.01

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• Plot the points A(a,0),B(a,f (a)),C(0,f (a))

• Draw the segments AB and BC

• Show the coordinates of A,B and C

• Drag the point A along x axis and observe the movement of C on

the y axis

• Observe a relationship between the x cordinate of A and y

cordinate of C

Observations

Sl No Square of a Number Value

1 (2.3)2

2 (−1.8)2

3 (0.9)2

4 (2.9)2

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Activity 1.2 - Values of functions

Procedure

• Open the Activity 1.1 and save as Activity 1.2

• Create an input box for f and change the function using it

• Create an input box for slider also

• Change the functions accordingly using inputbox and write the

approximate values corrected to 3 decimal places of the following

Answer

1 √ 2
p√ −3
3 3 1.8 2 3 5 (3.46) 2

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Function x3

Input(x) 3

value of f(x)

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• Change the function to f (x) = , and observe how the point C
x
moves as the point A approaches the origin from either side.

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 Observation

• Change the function to f (x) = [x], and observe the movement of

C according to A.

Observation

Activity 1.3 - Function Machine

Procedure

• Using input boxes change the function and the input number

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• Change the function to f (x) = x and find the values of the

following

Answer

Sl No Squareroot of a Number Value

√
1 2
√
2 1.8
r
2
3
3
4

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• Change the function to f (x) = and find the values of the
x
following

Answer

2
(i) = .........
3

−3
(ii) = .........
7

r
2
(iii) = .........
3

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• What happens if input is 0?

Answer

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