Introduction

Do you remember when you first learned what the reciprocal of a fraction was in elementary school? In this lesson you will learn about reciprocal functions.

Lesson Objectives

Following successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to...

  • Recognize transformations of reciprocal functions.
  • Graph reciprocal functions using key features.

Essential Questions

  • What are the key features reciprocal functions?
  • How can you use key features of reciprocal functions to interpret and graph the function?
  • How do I recognize transformations of reciprocal functions?

Enduring Understandings

  • Student understand the properties of and how to solve equations involving the different families of functions.
  • Student understand the graphs of parent functions, and the effect on transfomations on those functions.

The above objectives correspond with the Alabama Course of Study: Algebra II with Statistics standards: 16, 17, 18, 20, and 20d.