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4.1.0 Lesson Overview

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4.1.0 • Lesson Overview

In this lesson, you will learn about functions. You will examine examples of functions and their representations in context.

When you finish this lesson, you will be able to:

  • Explain when a relationship between two quantities is a function.
  • Identify independent and dependent variables in a function, and use words and graphs to represent the function.
  • Explain what descriptions and graphs of functions tell us about situations.

Here are the activities that will help you reach those goals:

  • 4.1.1: Contrasting Two Relationships by Reasoning
  • 4.1.2: Reasoning Graphically About the Relationship between the Two Quantities
    • 4.1.2: Self Check
    • 4.1.2: Additional Resources
  • 4.1.3 Examining Relations and Functions
    • 4.1.3: Self Check
    • 4.1.3: Additional Resources
  • 4.1.4: Describing Functional Relationships
    • 4.1.4: Self Check
    • 4.1.4: Additional Resources
  • 4.1.5: Modeling Relationships between Two Variables

After that, you’ll practice and review.

  • 4.1.6: Practice
  • 4.1.7: Lesson Summary
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