Standards - Mathematics

MA19.PRE.29

Use the inverse relationship between exponents and logarithms to solve problems involving logarithms and exponents. Extend from logarithms with base 2 and 10 to a base of e.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • Definition of Logarithm. If bx = y, then logb y = x.
  • Restrictions on domain and range of both functions (b > 0, b not equal to 1, y > 0).
  • Techniques for creating graphs of exponential and logarithmic functions.
  • Situations that can be modeled by exponential and logarithmic functions.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Re-write the equivalent inverse function from an exponential function or logarithm function in various forms (graphs, tables, or equations).
  • Model contextual situations using logarithmic and exponential functions.
  • Solve exponential and logarithmic equations by isolating the variable.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Equivalent forms of a function, specifically logarithmic and exponential, may be useful at different times to solve problems.
  • Although the algebraic representations look different, the logarithmic form and exponential form of the same relationship are equivalent.

Vocabulary

  • Inverse relationship
  • Logarithm
  • Natural logarithm

MA19.PRE.30

Identify the effect on the graph of replacing $f(x)$ by $f(x) + k$, $k \cdot f(x)$, $f(k \cdot x)$, and $f(x + k)$ for specific values of $k$ (both positive and negative); find the value of $k$ given the graphs. Extend the analysis to include all trigonometric, rational, and general piecewise-defined functions with and without technology.

COS Examples

Example: Describe the sequence of transformations that will relate y=sin(x) and y=2sin(3x).

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • Graphing techniques of functions.
  • Methods of using technology to graph functions.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Accurately graph functions.
  • Check conjectures about how a parameter change in a function changes the graph and critique the reasoning of others about such shifts.
  • Identify shifts, stretches, or reflections between graphs.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Graphs of functions may be shifted, stretched, or reflected by adding or multiplying the input or output of a function by a constant value.

Vocabulary

  • Horizontal shift
  • Vertical shift
  • Horizontal stretch/shrink
  • Vertical stretch/shrink
  • Reflection
  • Phase shift
  • Amplitude
  • Midline

MA19.PRE.31

Graph conic sections from second-degree equations, extending from circles and parabolas to ellipses and hyperbolas, using technology to discover patterns.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • Vertex form of a parabola.
  • Standard form of a circle.
  • Vertex and axis of symmetry of a parabola.
  • Completing the square.
  • Factoring a quadratic function.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Graph equations of parabolas.
  • Graph equations of circles.
  • Graph equations of ellipses.
  • Calculate eccentricities of ellipses.
  • Graph equations of hyperbolas.
  • Classify a conic section using its general equation and/or its discriminant.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • A conic section is a graph of an equation of the form Ax2 + Bxy + Cy2 +Dx +Ey + F = 0.
  • The only conic sections that are functions are parabolas that open upward or downward, previously learned as quadratic functions and hyperbolas that are written in the form of a rational function.
  • Using algebra to manipulate the equation of a conic section, particularly the method of "completing the square"" can be used to determine the parts and properties of its graph

Vocabulary

  • Hyperbola
  • Ellipse
  • Degenerate conic
  • Focus (foci)
  • Latus rectum (focal distance)
  • Major axis (transverse axis)
  • Minor axis (conjugate axis)
  • Eccentricity
  • Asymptote
  • Directrix
  • Locus

MA19.PRE.31a

Graph conic sections given their standard form.

COS Examples

Example: The graph of $\frac {x^2}{9} + \frac {(y-3)^2}{4} = 1$ will be an ellipse centered at (0,3) with major axis 3 and minor axis 2, while the graph of $frac {x^2}{9} - \frac {(y-3)^2}{4} = 1$ will be a hyperbola centered at (0,3) with asymptotes with slope $ \neq 2/3.$

MA19.PRE.31b

Graph conic sections given their standard form.

COS Examples

Example: The graph of $\frac{x^2}{9} + \frac{(y−3)^2}{4} = 1$ will be an ellipse centered at (0,3) with major axis 3 and minor axis 2, while the graph of $\frac{x^2}{9} − \frac{(y−3)^2}{4} = 1$ will be a hyperbola centered at (0,3) with asymptotes with slope $ \neq 2/3.$

MA19.PRE.32

Solve application-based problems involving parametric and polar equations.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • How to model motion using quadratic functions.
  • Algebraic manipulation of equations.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Develop parametric and polar equations for a given situation.
  • Graph the parametric or polar equations.
  • Answer questions in the context of the parametric or polar problem.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Parametric equations can be used to model and evaluate trajectory of projectiles.
  • Parametric equations can be used to model and evaluate range of projectiles.
  • Polar equation can be used to model motion for some mechanical systems.
  • Which situations parametric and polar modeling is appropriate.

Vocabulary

  • Parametric equations
  • Parameter
  • Parametric curve
  • Polar equations
  • Rectangular form
  • Orientation

MA19.PRE.33

Use special triangles to determine geometrically the values of sine, cosine, and tangent for $\frac{\pi}{3}$, $\frac{\pi}{4}$, and $\frac{\pi}{6}$, and use the unit circle to express the values of sine, cosine, and tangent for $\pi - x$, $\pi + x$, and $2\pi - x$ in terms of their values for $x$, where $x$ is any real number.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • The relationship between the lengths of the sides of a 45-45-90 and 30-60-90 triangle.
  • The basic trig ratios.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Find the value of sine, cosine, and tangent of π/3, π/4 and π/6 using special triangles.
  • Locate an angle in standard position in the unit circle.
  • Convert between degrees and radians.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • For an angle in standard position, the point where the terminal ray intersects the unit circle has an x-coordinate which is the value of the cosine of the angle and a y-coordinate which is the value of the sine of the angle.
  • Patterns that can be identified on the unit circle allow for application of right triangle trigonometry to angles of all sizes.

Vocabulary

  • Special triangles
  • Unit circle

MA19.PRE.34

Use the unit circle to explain symmetry (odd and even) and periodicity of trigonometric functions.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • The characteristics of the unit circle.
  • The characteristics of even and odd functions.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Transpose coordinates from the unit circle to a graph on the xy-plane.
  • Use the unit circle to verify even and odd trig identities.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Basic trig functions can be classified as either even or odd.
  • The repetitive nature of the unit circle creates periodic functions which is displayed in their graphs.

Vocabulary

  • Odd and even symmetry
  • Periodicity

MA19.PRE.35

Demonstrate that restricting a trigonometric function to a domain on which it is always increasing or always decreasing allows its inverse to be constructed.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • Characteristics of an always increasing or always decreasing function.
  • When a function has an inverse that is also a function.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Identify intervals where the function is increasing or decreasing.
  • Identify the domain of a function that will produce an inverse.
  • Produce different models of functions and their resulting inverse.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Due to the periodic nature of trig functions, domains have to be restricted in order to produce a one-to-one relationship.
  • While there are many different intervals that are always increasing or always decreasing, there are conventional choices for the restricted domain of the trig functions.

Vocabulary

  • Restricting the domain
  • Inverse functions

MA19.PRE.36

Use inverse functions to solve trigonometric equations that arise in modeling contexts; evaluate the solutions using technology, and interpret them in terms of the context.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • Periodic situations are best modeled by trig functions.
  • Solutions that are mathematically possible may not be physically possible in the context of the problem.
  • Determine when technology is appropriate to finding a solution.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Solve a trig equation.
  • Interpret the meaning of the solution.
  • Interpret a domain in a contextual situation.
  • Use technology to solve a trig equation.
  • Translate a computed solution to an equivalent solution that fits in the physical domain (i.e., If -30 degrees is a solution, then another solution can be 330 degrees).

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • There are periodic phenomena in real life that can be modeled by trig functions.
  • From the many solutions that result from a periodic function, only some may be logical given the context.

Vocabulary

  • Inverse functions
  • Trigonometric equations

MA19.PRE.37

Use trigonometric identities to solve problems.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • Applications of the Pythagorean Theorem.
  • Operations with trigonometric ratios.
  • Operations with radians and degrees.
  • Even and odd functions.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Use and transform the Pythagorean Identity.
  • Simplify trigonometric expressions.
  • Verify trigonometric identities.
  • Write the sum and difference identities for sine, cosine, and tangent.
  • Use sum and difference identities to findexact values of a trig function.
  • Derive the double angle and half angleidentities.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • The fundamental identities allow functions to be written in terms of other functions. Then algebraic methods can be applied to simplify expressions or to match it with another expression
  • Given the trig values for a pair of angles, identities can be used to find the trig values of the sum or difference of the given angles.
  • Given the trig values for an angle, identities can be used to find the trig values for twice and half the angle.

Vocabulary

  • Identity
  • Even and odd function
  • Sine
  • Cosine
  • Tangent
  • Cosecant
  • Secant
  • Cotangent
  • Fundamental Identities
  • Reciprocal Identities
  • Quotient Identities
  • Pythagorean Identities
  • Sum and Difference Identities
  • Double-Angle Identities
  • Half-Angle Identities
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