Brian McLogan
Evaluate the left and right hand limit of basic ap calculus examples
👉 Learn about the limit of a function. The limit of a function as the input variable of the function tends to a number/value is the number/value which the function approaches at that time. The limit of a function is said to exist if the...
Brian McLogan
Graphing logarithmic equations
👉 Learn how to graph logarithmic functions. The logarithmic function is the inverse of the exponential function. To graph a logarithmic function, it is usually very useful to make the table of values of the function. This is done by...
Brian McLogan
Determine relative min, max, domain, range, and zeros from a graph
👉 Learn how to determine the extrema from a graph. The extrema of a function are the critical points or the turning points of the function. They are the points where the graph changes from increasing to decreasing or vice versa. They are...
Brian McLogan
Evaluate the left hand limit of a rational function
👉 Learn all about the Limit. In this playlist, we will explore how to evaluate the limit of an equation, piecewise function, table and graph. We will explore continuity as well as discontinuities such as holes, asymptotes and jumps and...
Brian McLogan
Evaluate the general limit of a rational function
👉 Learn all about the Limit. In this playlist, we will explore how to evaluate the limit of an equation, piecewise function, table and graph. We will explore continuity as well as discontinuities such as holes, asymptotes and jumps and...
Brian McLogan
Determine the vertex and domain and range of a function
👉 Learn about the parts of a parabola. A parabola is the shape of the graph of a quadratic equation. A regular palabola is the parabola that is facing either up or down while an irregular parabola faces left or right. A quadratic...
Brian McLogan
What is a horizontal asymptote
👉 Learn all about asymptotes of a rational function. A rational function is a function, having a variable in the denominator. An asymptote is a line that the graph of a function approaches but never touches. There are the vertical, the...
Brian McLogan
How to determine the intervals that a function is increasing decreasing or constant
👉 Learn how to determine increasing/decreasing intervals. There are many ways in which we can determine whether a function is increasing or decreasing but we will focus on determining increasing/decreasing from the graph of the function....
Brian McLogan
Graph and Determine Domain and Range of a Piecewise Function
👉 Learn how to graph piecewise functions. A piecewise function is a function which have more than one sub-functions for different sub-intervals(sub-domains) of the function's domain. To graph a piecewise function, we graph the different...
Brian McLogan
Parenthesis or bracket? domain and range of a graph
👉 Learn about the characteristics of a function. Given a function, we can determine the characteristics of the function's graph. We can determine the end behavior of the graph of the function (rises or falls left and rises or falls...
Brian McLogan
What is the definition of domain of a relation
👉 Learn about every thing you need to know to understand the domain and range of functions. We will look at functions represented as equations, tables, mapping, and ordered pairs. The domain is the set of all possible x or input values...
Brian McLogan
Determining when a function is increasing decreasing or constant
👉 Learn how to determine increasing/decreasing intervals. There are many ways in which we can determine whether a function is increasing or decreasing but we will focus on determining increasing/decreasing from the graph of the function....
Brian McLogan
Evaluate the limits of a graph with a jump discontinuity
👉 Learn how to evaluate the limit of a function from the graph of the function. The limit of a function as the input variable of the function tends to a number/value is the number/value which the function approaches at that time. When...
Brian McLogan
Evaluate the limit at infinity using properties of limits
👉 We will explore how to evaluate the limit at infinity. When evaluating the limit at infinity or negative infinity we are interested to know where is the graph going right and left. This is also commonly explored as end behavior of the...
Brian McLogan
How to graph the logarithmic functions
👉 Learn all about graphing logarithmic functions. A logarithmic function is a function with logarithms in them. The graph of the parent function of a logarithmic function usually takes its domain from the positive x-axis. To graph a...
Brian McLogan
Learn how to determine the domain from a rational function
👉 Learn how to find the domain of rational functions. Recall that the domain of a function is the set of possible input values (x-values) of the function. For a rational function, the denominator cannot be zero. Thus, to find the domain...
Brian McLogan
Learn to find the values the function is undefined, then write domain
👉 Learn how to find the domain of rational functions. Recall that the domain of a function is the set of possible input values (x-values) of the function. For a rational function, the denominator cannot be zero. Thus, to find the domain...
Brian McLogan
Determine the domain and range for the square root function
👉 Learn how to find the domain of a radical function. Recall that the domain of a function is the set of possible input values (x-values) of the function. For a radical square-root function, there cannot be a negative number inside the...
Brian McLogan
Determine end behavior of a polynomial
👉 Learn how to determine the end behavior of the graph of a polynomial function. To do this we will first need to make sure we have the polynomial in standard form with descending powers. We will then identify the leading terms so that...
Brian McLogan
Determine the end behavior of a polynomial
👉 Learn how to determine the end behavior of the graph of a polynomial function. To do this we will first need to make sure we have the polynomial in standard form with descending powers. We will then identify the leading terms so that...
Brian McLogan
Graphing a logarithmic function with two reflections
👉 Learn how to graph logarithmic functions. The logarithmic function is the inverse of the exponential function. To graph a logarithmic function, it is usually very useful to make the table of values of the function. This is done by...
Brian McLogan
Learning multiple characteristics of a parabola from the equation in vertex form
We will learn how to graph a quadratic in vertex form and graph a quadratic in standard form by completing the square and rewriting the equation in vertex form. When the quadratic is in vertex form we learn how to identify the axis of...
Brian McLogan
Learn how to evaluate the limits of a graph with asymptotes
👉 Learn how to evaluate the limit of a function from the graph of the function. The limit of a function as the input variable of the function tends to a number/value is the number/value which the function approaches at that time. When...