TEKS: Chapter 111. Mathematics See All Teacher Resources

111.42.c.2

(2) Functions. The student uses process standards in mathematics to explore, describe, and analyze the attributes of functions. The student makes connections between multiple representations of functions and algebraically constructs new functions. The student analyzes and uses functions to model real-world problems. The student is expected to:

  • (A) use the composition of two functions to model and solve real-world problems;
  • (B) demonstrate that function composition is not always commutative;
  • (C) represent a given function as a composite function of two or more functions;
  • (D) describe symmetry of graphs of even and odd functions;
  • (E) determine an inverse function, when it exists, for a given function over its domain or a subset of its domain and represent the inverse using multiple representations;
  • (F) graph exponential, logarithmic, rational, polynomial, power, trigonometric, inverse trigonometric, and piecewise defined functions, including step functions;
  • (G) graph functions, including exponential, logarithmic, sine, cosine, rational, polynomial, and power functions and their transformations, including af(x), f(x) + d, f(x - c), f(bx) for specific values of a, b, c, and d, in mathematical and real-world problems;
  • (H) graph arcsin x and arccos x and describe the limitations on the domain;
  • (I) determine and analyze the key features of exponential, logarithmic, rational, polynomial, power, trigonometric, inverse trigonometric, and piecewise defined functions, including step functions such as domain, range, symmetry, relative maximum, relative minimum, zeros, asymptotes, and intervals over which the function is increasing or decreasing;
  • (J) analyze and describe end behavior of functions, including exponential, logarithmic, rational, polynomial, and power functions, using infinity notation to communicate this characteristic in mathematical and real-world problems;
  • (K) analyze characteristics of rational functions and the behavior of the function around the asymptotes, including horizontal, vertical, and oblique asymptotes;
  • (L) determine various types of discontinuities in the interval (-∞, ∞) as they relate to functions and explore the limitations of the graphing calculator as it relates to the behavior of the function around discontinuities;
  • (M) describe the left-sided behavior and the right-sided behavior of the graph of a function around discontinuities;
  • (N) analyze situations modeled by functions, including exponential, logarithmic, rational, polynomial, and power functions, to solve real-world problems;
  • (O) develop and use a sinusoidal function that models a situation in mathematical and real-world problems; and
  • (P) determine the values of the trigonometric functions at the special angles and relate them in mathematical and real-world problems.