Wednesday, September 2, 2009

September 2 - Piecewise, Increasing/Decreasing

Two different topics today.

First, I reviewed piecewise functions, specifically how they are graphed. For now we will use the calculator to graph functions. Eventually, we will be able to work with piecewise functions without relying on the calculator.

The other idea was describing when a function is increasing, decreasing or constant. Remember, that when you determine the interval on which a function is increasing, you are describing x values. Also, the convention is always to use open intervals to describe increasing or decreasing behavior.

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