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Function Concepts Unit 1

The document outlines a precalculus task involving two functions, f and g, where students must analyze and determine various properties such as end behavior, limits, and asymptotes. It includes specific problems requiring factual recall, procedural execution, and classification of mathematical objects. Additionally, it addresses common misconceptions in function analysis through a critique of a student's incorrect reasoning.

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Function Concepts Unit 1

The document outlines a precalculus task involving two functions, f and g, where students must analyze and determine various properties such as end behavior, limits, and asymptotes. It includes specific problems requiring factual recall, procedural execution, and classification of mathematical objects. Additionally, it addresses common misconceptions in function analysis through a critique of a student's incorrect reasoning.

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AP Precalculus – Mixed Six – Function Concept Unit 1 Calculator

Two functions f and g are introduced in #1 and #2. Use this information throughout this task. Round your answers to three
places after the decimal.
1. Factual Recall 2. Carry out a Procedure 3. Classify a Mathematical Object
The rational function f is given by x –1 0 1 2 3 True or False: Determine the end behavior for
2x − 1 g ( x) 9 3 1 3 9 the rational function f .
f ( x) =
2x + 7x − 4
2
Let g be defined for all real numbers. The table T/F Statement T/F Statement
Find each of the following: above gives values of g for selected values lim f ( x) = 0 lim f ( x ) = 1
a) f ( 2 ) of x. x →∞ x →−∞

Calculate the first and second differences of the lim


x →∞
f ( x) = 1 lim f ( x ) = 0
x →−∞
output values over equal-interval input values.
b) The value of x when f ( x ) = 2
True or False: Determine the end behavior
for the function g .
c) The value of x when f ( x ) = −2
T/F Statement T/F Statement
lim g ( x ) = ∞ lim g ( x ) = ∞
x →∞ x →−∞

lim g ( x ) = −∞ lim g ( x ) = −∞
x →∞ x →−∞

4. Prove, Show, Justify 5. Extend a Concept 6. Critique a Fallacy


Considering the first and second differences For the rational function f, find: Sophie copied the function f onto her paper to
found in #2, determine if g is best modeled by a) the horizontal asymptote(s). find the horizontal and vertical asymptotes. She
a linear or quadratic function. Give a reason for wrote the function incorrectly as
your answer based on the relationship between 2x2 −1
the change in the output values of g and the b) the vertical asymptote(s). f ( x) = 2
2x + 7x − 4
change in the input values of g. She states that the horizontal asymptote for her
function is y = 2 because the leading
c) the coordinates of the hole, if it exists. coefficient of the polynomial in the numerator
is 2. What is wrong with Sophie’s reason and
what should her horizontal asymptote be?

Vicki Carter, Florence, SC


Vicki Carter, Florence, SC

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