MATH 117 Section FG
Topics for Test 1

Section

Topics

Suggested Problems

1.1

  • What is a function
  • domain, range
  • ways to represent a function
  • Vertical Line test
  • odd or even functions
  • 11, 16, 21
  • 28, 29, 32
  • 11, 16, 35, 37, 41, 43
  • 5-8
  • 64, 65, 66, 68

1.2

  • Classifying functions
  • Linear functions
  • Polynomial functions
  • 1, 2, 3, 4, 19, 20
  • 5, 10, 11, 16
  • 8, 9

1.3

  • Translations, stretching, reflecting
  • Composition of functions
  • 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17, 18
  • 31, 33, 34, 41, 42, 43, 45, 51

1.4

  • Domain and range for plotting
  • 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 20, 21

1.5

  • Exponent laws
  • Exponential functions
  • Base e
  • 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 17
  • 13, 15, 16

1.6

  • One-to-one functions
  • Horizontal Line test
  • Inverse of a function
  • Domain and range of the inverse function
  • Reflection across y = x
  • Inverse trig functions
  • Logarithmic functions, especially ln x
  • Log laws
  • Relationship between e^x and ln x
  • 1, 9, 10, 11, 12
  • 5-8
  • 2, 15, 16, 18, 21, 22, 23, 35
  • 53, 54
  • 29, 30, 69, 70
  • 59, 60, 61, 62
  • 31
  • 33, 34, 35, 37, 39
  • 36, 47, 48

2.1

  • Tangent line to a curve
  • Approximating a slope with a secant line
  • Average velocity
  • Approximating instantaneous velocity
  • 3, 9
  • 5, 6

2.2

  • Intuitive notion of limit
  • Numerical behavior
  • Graphical behavior
  • Examples where the limit fails
  • Left- and right-hand limits
  • Infinite limits
  • Vertical asymptotes
  • 1
  • 20
  • 4, 5, 6, 9, 13, 15
  • 4, 5, 6
  • 2, 10
  • 3, 34
  • 25, 26, 29, 30

2.3

  • Calculating limits
  • 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 39, 40, 46, 49

2.4

  • Adjusting the tolerance on x to match a tolerance on f(x)
  • 1, 2, 3, 4, 8