1. Warm-up (10 min. – No Talking)
Sketch the graph of each of the following function. State the domain and range. Describe how and to which basic function it relates.
1) y = sin x - 4
2) y = x-2
3) y = [x – 1] = int (x-1)
4) y = x2 + 3
5) y = -|x| + 2

2. Warm-up (Answers) Do Graphs on Calculator Domain Range To Basic?
1) y = sin x - 4
(-, )
[-1,1]
Sine down 4
2) y = x+2
[2, )
[0, )
Square root left 2
3) y = [x – 1] = int (x-1) I
Greatest Integer right 1
4) y = x2 + 3
[3, )
Squaring up 3
5) y = -|x| + 2
(-,2]
Abs. Value reflected over x-axis & up 2

3. Building Functions from Functions
To build functions from old functions
Use basic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplying and dividing) to build new functions
Determine new functions formed from composition or inverse operations

4. Why are building functions important?
If a person has one investment account whose interest is given by
f(t) = 250t and another account whose interest is given by g(t) = 420t, how can you write a function h(t) to give the total interest?

5. Activity #1
Use f(x) = x2 and f(x) = x to compare the graphs of the following functions. Discuss the domain, range, and zeros of each pair of functions.
(f+g)(x) f(x) + g(x)
(f-g)(x) f(x) – g(x)
(fg)(x) f(x)g(x)
(f/g)(x) f(x)/g(x) g(x) 0
What do you notice?

6. Definitions of Basic Operations on Functions
Let f and g be two functions with intersecting domains. Then for all values of x in the intersection, the algebraic combinations of f and g are defined by the following rules
Sum
(f+g)(x) = f(x) + g(x)
Difference
(f-g)(x) = f(x) – g(x)
Product
(fg)(x) = f(x)g(x)
Quotient
(f/g)(x) = f(x)/g(x), provided g(x) 0
In each case, the domain of the new functions consists of all numbers that belong in BOTH the domain of f and of g. As noted, the zeros of the denominator are excluded from the domain of the quotient.

7. Ex1 Let f(x) = x-1 and g(x) = x2
Ex1 Let f(x) = x-1 and g(x) = x2. Find formulas for f + g, f- g, fg, f/g, and ff. Give the domain of each.
New Functions Domain
f + g =
f – g =
fg =
f/g =
ff =

8. Composition of Functions
Let f and g be two functions such that the domain of f intersects the range of g. The composition f of g, denoted f  g, is defined by the rule (f  g)(x) = f(g(x))
The domain of f og consists of all x-values in the domain of g that map to g(x)-values in the domain of f.

9. Checking the domain of a composite
f  g
f(g(x)) x
g(x) f g

10. Ex 2 Let f(x) = 3x + 2 and g(x) = x – 1. Find f  g and g  f
Ex 2 Let f(x) = 3x + 2 and g(x) = x – 1. Find f  g and g  f. State the domain of each.

11. Ex3 Let f(x) = x2 -1 and g(x) = . Find the domain of f(g(x)) and g(f(x)).

12. Decomposing Functions
Reversing a composition of two functions is not always as easily visible as finding the composition of two function.

13. Ex4 For each function h, find the functions f and g such that h(x) = f(g(x)).
(a) h(x) =
(b) h(x) = (x + 1)2 – 3(x + 1) + 4

14. Inverse Functions
Given f(x) = y, then f(y) = x is the inverse function but denoted as f-1(x)
To find an inverse of a function
Switch x and y
Solve the resulting equation for y
This equation is f-1(x)
Find the inverse of f(x) = 3x – 2
Find the inverse of h(x) = x + 3 5

15. Tonight’s Assignment
1.4 from Unit 1 outline
Review 12 basic functions