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<h1 class="center">Function Graph</h1>
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<p class="center"><img src="../data/images/graph-func-gen.svg" alt="x y graph"><br>An example of a function graph</p>
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<h2>How to Draw a Function Graph
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<p>First, start with a blank graph like this. It has x-values going left-to-right, and y-values going bottom-to-top:</p>
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The x-axis and y-axis cross over <br>where x and y are both zero.</p>
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<h2>Plotting Points</h2>
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<p>A simple (but not perfect) approach is to calculate the function at <b>some points</b> and then plot them.</p>
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<p>A function graph is the <a href="set-of-points.html">set of points</a> of the values taken by the function.</p>
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<div class="example">
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<h3>Example: <span class="large">y = x<sup>2</sup> − 5</span></h3>
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<p>Let us calculate <b>some points</b>:</p>
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<th width="90">x</th>
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<th>y = x<sup>2</sup>−5</th>
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<tr style="text-align:center;">
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<td>−2</td>
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<td>−1</td>
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<tr style="text-align:center;">
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<td>0</td>
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<td>−5</td>
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<tr style="text-align:center;">
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<td>1</td>
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<td>−4</td>
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<tr style="text-align:center;">
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<td>3</td>
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<td>4</td>
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<p>And plot them like this:</p>
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<p class="center"><img src="../data/images/graph-x2m5a.svg" alt="x y graph"><br></p>
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<p>Not very helpful yet. Let us add some <b>more points</b>:</p>
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<p class="center"><img src="../data/images/graph-x2m5b.svg" alt="x y graph"></p>
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<p>Looking better!</p>
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<p>We can now guess that plotting <b>all the points</b> will look like this:</p>
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<p class="center"><img src="../data/images/graph-x2m5c.svg" alt="x y graph"></p>
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<p>A nice <a href="../geometry/parabola.html">parabola</a>.</p>
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<p> </p>
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<p>We should try to plot enough points to be confident in what is going on!</p>
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<h3>Example: <span class="large">y = x<sup>3</sup> − 5x</span></h3>
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<p>With these calculated points:</p>
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<tbody>
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<th width="90">x</th>
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<th>y = x<sup>3</sup>−5x</th>
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</tr>
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<tr style="text-align:center;">
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<td>−2</td>
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<td>2</td>
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<tr style="text-align:center;">
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<td>0</td>
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<td>0</td>
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<tr style="text-align:center;">
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<td>2</td>
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<td>−2</td>
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<p>We might think this is the graph:</p>
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<p class="center"><img src="images/graph-x3-5-a.gif" alt="graph" height="201" width="201"></p>
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<p>But this is the real graph:</p>
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<p class="center"><img src="images/graph-x3-5-b.gif" alt="graph" height="199" width="199"></p>
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</div>So "plotting some points" is useful, but <b>can lead to mistakes</b>.
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<h2>Complete Graph</h2>
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<p>For a graph to be "complete" we need to show all the important features:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Crossing points</li>
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<li>Peaks</li>
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<li>Valleys</li>
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<li>Flat areas</li>
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<li><a href="../algebra/asymptote.html">Asymptotes</a></li>
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<li>Any other special features</li></ul>
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<p>This often means thinking carefully about the function.</p>
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<h3>Example: (x−1)/(x<sup>2</sup>−9) </h3>
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<p>On the page <a href="../algebra/rational-expression.html">Rational Expressions</a> we do some work to discover that the function:</p>
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<li>crosses the x-axis at 1, </li>
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<li>crosses the y-axis at 1/9,</li>
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<li>has vertical asymptotes (where it heads towards minus/plus infinity) at −3 and +3</li></ul>
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<p>The result is that we can make this sketch:</p>
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<p class="center"><img src="../algebra/images/asymptote-example2b.svg" alt="function local minimum and maximum"><br>
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Sketch of (x−1)/(x<sup>2</sup>−9) from <a href="../algebra/rational-expression.html">Rational Expressions</a>.</p>
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<h2>Using Calculus</h2>
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<p>We can also <span class="center"><a href="../calculus/maxima-minima.html">find Maxima and Minima using derivatives</a></span> :</p>
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<p class="center"><img src="../calculus/images/function-min-max.svg" alt="function local minimum and maximum"><br></p>
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<h2>Tools to Help You
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<li>The <a href="../data/function-grapher.html">Function Grapher</a> can help you. Enter the equation as "y=(some function of x)". You can use zoom to find important points.</li>
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<li>If you can't write the equation as "y=(some function of x)", you can try the <a href="../data/grapher-equation.html">Equation Grapher</a>, where you enter equations like "x^2+y^2=9" (meaning <b>x<sup>2</sup>+y<sup>2</sup>=9</b>).</li></ul></div>
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<p>But remember they are just a help! They are only computer programs,
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and could easily miss some important thing on the graph, or not plot
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something correctly.</p>
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<p>Note: you may hear the phrase "satisfy the equation", which means where the equation is <b>true</b>.</p></div>
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