Day 2 in Mat120
- Roll
- Distribute calculators
- Distribute Section 1.2 Worksheet
- Today we begin study of the key concept for the course: the function
- Group formation
- Section 1.1 Worksheet
- Identifying domains and ranges (#28, p. 23, using the calculator)
- As a group on the transparency: what is
- the wildest function you can come up with?
- the simplest function?
- the most personally useful function?
- As a group make a list of all the characteristics that a function
- must have
- could have that are of special interest for calculus I (mat120)
- could have (beyond those)
(don't peek at the book!).
- Problems from homework (#15, 17, 52, 58?)
- Section review for 1.1
- This is the question we will address next time:
How can we put
functions to work?
Next time: Section 1.2 - modeling
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