Monday, September 15, 2008

Friday, September 12, Period 8

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Marcus P.
World of Functions

Next Scribe- Briggs Buckley

Homework Due-

  • Homework 9: Bigger Means Smaller

Homework Assigned-

  • Homework 10: Difficult Denominators
  • Homework 11: An Average Drive
  • POW 7: One Mile at a Time
Class Agenda

1. Go Over Homework 9: Bigger Means Smaller

  • Family of Reciprocal Functions

2. Don't Divide That!

  • Why doesn't dividing by zero make any sense?
  • Look at the traits of the graphs, reciprocal functions

3. "Return of the Shadow"

*Hints

  • Draw a diagram of the situation
  • Use cross multiplication to find the missing component, the length of the shadow.

Family of Reciprocal Functions Notes

K=constant

Y = K/X

  • y is inversely proportional to x, inverse variation

Y = KX

  • y is directly proportional to x, direct variation

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