Essential Questions

• Basic operations and transformations apply to all functions
• Any type of equation can be reduced to a simply linear equation.
• There are many applications that can be solved by using linear and quadratic equations.
• There are many similarities between equations and inequalities.
• All common graphs can be transformed using the same basic transformations.
• There are several types of functions
• All functions have graphical and algebraic applications
• Functions can be used to solve real-life problems
• Polynomial functions can be solved using techniques similar to those of other types of equations.
• There are numerous theorems that can be useful when solving polynomial equations.
• The graphs of rational functions involve the use of vertical, horizontal and slant asymptotes.
• There is a relationship between exponential and logarithmic equations.

Additional Resources Needed

• A scientific and/or graphics calculator is recommended for work on assignments, and on examinations.