Introduction

Graphs of functions provide a visual relationship between two variables. The function increases to relative maximum values or decreases to relative minimum values.

Lesson Objectives

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

  • Determine the relative maximum values of a function.
  • Determine the relative minimum values of a function.

Essential Questions

  • What do families of functions have in common and how do they differ?

Enduring Understandings

  • Analyzing similarities and differences in the families of functions will help me understand their domain, range, and end behaviors.
  • Breaking down functions can make graphing the compositions and transformations simpler.

The above objectives correspond with the Alabama Course of Study: Precalculus standards: 24, 26.