1.1: Power Functions
- What are power functions, what are not power functions
- Characteristics of even degree power functions
- Characteristics of odd degree power functions
- Interval notation
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1.2: Characteristics of Polynomial Functions
- End behaviour of odd and even degree polynomial functions with postive and negative leading coefficients
- Number of possible turning points
- Number of possible zeros
- Determining degree of a function using finite differences
- Determining the value of the leading co-efficient from a table
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1.3: Equations and Graphs of Polynomial Functions
- Sketch graphs using x-intercepts, y-intercept, end behaviour, nature of the x-intercepts
- Order of zeros and how the graph behaves at the zeros
- Even functions vs odd functions
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1.4: Transformations
- Meaning of the parameters a, k, c, and d in the equation y = a[k(x - d)]^n + c
- Graphing transformations using mapping notation and tables
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1.5: Average Rate of Change
- Determining the slope of a secant line over an interval
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1.6: Instantaneous Rates of Change
- Determining instantaneous rates of changes from a table, graph, and equation
- Using preceeding and following intervals to estimate instantaneous rates of change
- Squeezing the centered interval to estimate the instantaneous rate of change at a point
- Using the difference quotient
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