DIFFERENTIAL

CALCULUS
REFRESHER
FUNCTIONS
AND
RELATIONS
Functions - is a
relation such that
no two ordered
pairs have the Example:
same first
elements. y= x + 1
Relations – any set
of ordered pairs ( 1,2 ) , ( 3, 2) , (
(x,y) of real 1,4)
numbers.
Another way of denoting
function is through the use of
functional notation f(x) read as ‘f
of x’
The notation f(x) is called a
functional value due to the
Swiss Mathematician and
Physicist LEONARD EULER (1707
COMPUTATIONS OF FUNCTIONS
1.Given that f(x) = 2𝑥−3 3𝑥 2− 5𝑥 + 2
Find a. f(1) = 2(1) −3 1
3 2
− 5(1) + 2
=2 – 3 -5 + 2
= -4
b. f(-3)=2(−3)3 −3 −3 2 − 5(−3) +
2
= 2(-27) – 3(9)- (-15)+2
= -54-27+15+2
COMPUTATIONS OF FUNCTIONS
2. Given that f(x) = 𝑥 + 3𝑥 − 4
2

Find a. f(0) = 0 +3(0) − 4

2

b. f(x+h)= (𝑥 + ℎ) +3 𝑥 + ℎ − 4
2

= (x+h) (x+h) +3𝑥 + 3ℎ − 4

= 𝑥 + 𝑥ℎ + 𝑥ℎ + ℎ
2 2

= 𝑥 + 2𝑥ℎ + ℎ + 3𝑥 + 3ℎ − 4
2 2
 4
= 9𝑥 −4
f(x) = (121𝑥 − 4)
2

= (11x+ 2) (11x -2)

f(x) = (64𝑥 − 9)
2

( 8x + 3) ( 8x-3)
SPECIAL PRODUCT FORMULA
3
𝑥 +𝑥+2
𝑥+1

2
𝑥 −1
2
𝑥 + 3𝑥 − 4
EXPONENTIAL EXPONENTS
EXAMPLES
DIVISION OF POLYNOMIALS
A polynomial looks like this:
Dividing
Polynomials can sometimes be
divided using the simple
methods shown on Dividing
Polynomials.
But sometimes it is better to use
"Long Division" (a method similar
to Long Division for Numbers)
EXAMPLES
TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
THE GENERAL ADDITION