Thursday, October 14, 2010

Symmetry, Reflection and Inverses.

today we learned the following:
  • when x is replaced with -x in the equation of a function y= f(x), it'll be the reflected in the y axis. 

  • when y is replaced with -y in the equation of a function y= f(x), its graph is reflected in the x- axis.


  • when interchanged with y in the equation of a function y = f(x), it's reflected in the mirror line y=x. this is called inverse function.

  • when x is interchanged with y in the equation of a function y = f (x), it's reflected in the mirror line y = x. 

FINDING THE INVERSE EQUATION STEPS:
  1. Replace f(x) with y
  2. Switch x and y
  3. solve for y
  4. Replace y with f^-1 (x)
eg/        f(x) = 2x + 2    > linear
            y = 2x + 2       > change " f(x)" to "y"
            x = 2y + 2       > switch x and y
            x - 2 = 2y        > bring the +2 to the left side, that makes it -2
            x - 2 = 2y        > divide both sides by 2.
              2        2
           y = 1/2x - 1     > inverse function



GENARALIZING REFLECTIONS

transformation       effects on graph
- f (x)                          reflection in x- axis
f (- x)                          reflection in y- axis
f ^ -1 (x)                     reflection in y = x




SYMMETRY


even value
f(-x) > means x is negative and y is positive. QII
f(x)  > means that x and y are both positive. QI
-f(-x) > means that x and y are both negative. QIII
-f(x) > means that x is positive and y is negative. QIV


odd value
f(-x) > means that x is negative and y is positive. QII
-f(x) > means that x is positive and y is negative. QIV
f(x) > means that x and y are both positive. QI
-f(-x) > means that x and y are negative. QIII




DETERMINING IF A SHARE IS A FUNCTION
there are two test to check, one is the vertical line test (VLT) and the horizontal line test (HLT).
*do the vlt first then the hlt


VLT - if a vertical line test crosses through the graph only once, then the graph is a function. 
HLT - if a horizontal line crosses through the graph only one and it has passed VLT then the graph is a one to one function. 


* function - for all the value x, only 1 y value.









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