Chapter One
FUNCTIONS AND CHANGE
Contents
Function Notation and Intercepts
Increasing and Decreasing Functions
1.3 Average Rate of Change and Relative Change
Ratio of Relative Changes: Elasticity
1.4 Applications of Functions to Economics
Cost, Revenue, and Profit Functions
Marginal Cost, Revenue, and Profit
Elimination of a Drug from the Body
The General Exponential Function
Solving Equations Using Logarithms
Exponential Functions with Base e
1.7 Exponential Growth and Decay
Financial Applications: Compound Interest
1.9 Proportionality and Power Functions
Quadratic Functions and Polynomials
PROJECTS: Compound Interest, Population Center of the US, Medical Case Study: Anaphylaxis
1.1 WHAT IS A FUNCTION?
In mathematics, a function is used to represent the dependence of one quantity upon another.
Let's look at an example. Syracuse, New York has the ...
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