Parent functions

Precalculus will be moving beyond their introduction to functions and function notation from Algebra II and into a in-depth development of transformations. We will be applying transformations (translations, reflections, dilations, etc.) to many of the parent functions included in the image above (we will save trigonometry for the Spring!). Understanding transformations is a crucial link between the algebraic form of a function and its graphical behavior. We will spend a considerable amount…

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Parent Functions (will need: linear function, quadratic function, inverse and exponential function):

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Table of Trigonometric Parent Functions Trig Functions in the Graphing Calculator Graphs of the Six Trigonometric Functions More Practice Now that we know the Unit Circle inside out, let’s graph the trigonometric functions on the coordinate system. The (x)-values are the angles (in radians – that’s the way it’s done), and the (y)-values are the trig … Graphs of Trig Functions Read More »

What are parent functions? The parent functions are a base of functions you should be able to recognize the graph of given the function and the other way around. For our course, you will be required...

Graphing Transformations & Piecewise Functions The reason that so many students have trouble with graphing transformations is that teachers always introduce them simultaneously with another tough concept: library functions (a.k.a. parent graphs). That makes each concept ten times harder. So, … Continue reading →

I love math templates! They have made my teaching life so much easier and have saved me a lot of time. This free math template is for graphig exponential functions. Algebra students graph their function then identify the parent function, the y-intercept, the x-intercept, the domain, range, if the exponential graph shows growth or decay, and the increasing and decreasing intervals.