Functions Part 1 Portfolio (Total points = 12 points)

Things you should know to be successful with the portfolio and the test:
Instructions for completing: 1. Make a copy of the portfolio 2. Answer all questions and upload artifacts (evidence) 3. Upload to your
DP 4. Submit the link on EDMODO for in the Functions Part 1 Unit Portfolio
Portfolio Due and Functions Part 1 Test on Thursday March 16th
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Part 1: Unit Summary

Learning Statement
Tell the story of how you made sense of the different concepts throughout this unit. Be sure to hit all of the following talking points, and
include all activities/worksheets that are applicable. Be sure to address a habit of a mathematician and one are you might have grappled
with. You must use artifacts (in class activities and problem sets, notes, class discussions) from this unit as evidence.
1. Rational Functions ( f (x) = 1x )
a. Describe how you made sense of rational functions (vertical asymptotes, y-intercepts)
I learned that for vertical asymptotes you have to set x to zero. To determine the y-intercept from the function equation you have to
substitute zero for x in the equation.
b. Find/Create an appropriate meme or animated gif to describe your preparedness with these types of problems.

2. Evaluating Functions
a. Describe how you made sense of evaluating functions.
For this topic, it was easy to understand because all you have to do is plug in the value or variable then either solve the problem or
simplify the problem with variables.
b. Find/Create an appropriate meme or animated gif to describe your preparedness with these types of problems.

3. The Arithmetic of Functions

a. Describe how you made sense of the using the operations adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing functions.
For this topic, I found it a little easy because you had to plug in the f variable with the f and the g variable with the g then solve the
problem. If theres a number with the variables then you plug them into x.
b. Find/Create an appropriate meme or animated gif to describe your preparedness with these types of problems.
Part 1: Unit Summary Answers Here
Beautiful examples (Your assignment work
here! Evidence)
1
Rational Functions ( f (x) = x)
Amazing Narratives How I feel about my preparedness
for:
I learned that for vertical asymptotes you
have to set the x to the number to make it
equal 0. To determine the y-intercept from
the function equation you have to substitute
zero for x in the equation.
Evaluating Functions
For this topic, it was easy to understand
because all you have to do is plug in the
value or variable then either solve the
problem or simplify the problem with
variables.

The Arithmetic of Functions

For this topic, I found it a little easy because
you had to plug in the f variable with the f and
the g variable with the g then solve the
problem. If theres a number with the
variables then you plug them into x.
 Part 2: Practice Problems for the Test
1. Practice finding asymptotes and y-intercepts

1 1
f (x) = x2 f (x) =
x 2 49
Y-intercept: -2 Y-intercept: -2
Asymptote: 2 Asymptote: 7

2. Practice Evaluating Functions

Let f (x) = 2x 1 and g (x) = x 2 1

f (0) f (1) f ( 1) f (a)

f(0) = 2(0)-1 f(1) = 2(1)-1 f(-1) = 2(-1)-1 f(a) = 2a-1
f(0) = 0-1 f(1) = 2-1 f(-1) = -2-1
f(0) = -1 f(1) = 1 f(-1) = -3

g (0) g ( 2) g (3) g (t)

g(0) = 0 2 1 g(-2) = -2 2 1 g(3) = 3 2 1 g(t) = t 2
1
g(0) = 0-1 g(-2) = 4 - 1 g(3) = 9 - 1
g(0) = -1 g(-2) = 3 g(3) = 8

f (a + 5) g (x + h ) g (a 1) g (f (x ) )
f(a+5) = 2(a+5)-1 g(x+h) = (x + h ) 2 1 g(a-1) = (a 1)2 1 g (2x 1) = g (2x 1)2 1
f(a+5) = 2a+10-1 g(x+h) = x 2 + h 2 1 g(a-1) = a 2 + 1 1 g (2x 1) = (2x 1)(2x 1) 1
f(a+5) = 2a+9 g(a-1) = a 2 g (2x 1) = 4x 2 4x + 2 1
g (2x 1) = 4x 2 4x + 1

f (x+h) f (x)
Honors Challenge: If f (x) = 3x 5, find h
 3. Practice Arithmetic of Functions

If f (x) = 4x 2 + 3x + 2 and g (x) = 2x 2 5x + 2 find f + g , f g , f g, and f /g

f + g = f (x) + g(x) f g = f (x) g(x) f /g = f (x)/g(x)

f + g = (4x 2 + 3x + 2) + (2x 2 5x + 2) f g = (4x 2 + 3x + 2) (2x 2 5x + 2) f /g = 4x 2 + 3x + 2/2x 2 5x + 2
f + g = 6x 2 2x + 4 f g = 4x 2 + 3x + 2 2x 2 + 5x 2
f g = 2x 2 + 8x

f g = f (x) * g (x)
f g = (4x 2 + 3x + 2) * (2x 2 5x + 2)

4x 2 3x 2

2x 2 8x 4 6x 3 4x 2

5x 20x 3 15x 2 10x

2 8x 2 6x 4
8x 4 14x 3x 2 4x + 4

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