Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Introduction to Function Notation

Introduction:

A function is a rule of takes an input, does something to it, and gives a unique corresponding output. There is a special notation, it is called "function notation," that is used to represent this situation: if the function name is f, and the input name is x, then the unique corresponding output is called f(x) (which is read as " f of x ".)

Definition of Function Notation:

A function is a relationship between the quantities (variables) that occurs when the value of one of the quantities can be given uniquely by specified values of the other quantities. The variables involved can be used in either independent or dependent. The values of the certain variables are fixed while others are allowed to change. The fixed variables it is called the independent variables, and the dependent variables are those that change in response to the given value of the independent variable. This also helps us on finding percentages.A function therefore the relates dependent variables to independent variables, the only restriction being that each value of the dependent variable is given uniquely by one, and only one, value for each of the independent variables.

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