4 Functions and Graphs
In This Chapter
4.2 Symmetry and Transformations
4.3 Linear and Quadratic Functions
4.4 Piecewise-Defined Functions
4.7 Building a Function from Words
The correspondence between the students in a class and the set of desks filled by these students is an example of a function.
A Bit of History If the question “What is the most important mathematical concept?” were posed to a group of mathematicians, mathematics teachers, and scientists, certainly the term function would appear near or even at the top ...
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