What is “x”? Or how do we represent variables and functions on spreadsheets?
Category: Functions
Solving Equations Digitally
This Lab introduces a method for solving or estimating the solution to an equation digitally that can be applied to many types of equations. This Functional Thinking approach reduces the need to remember a variety of rules and procedures. It is 1 of 3 Labs on this topic.
Lissajous Figures
We often see Lissajous figures in old sci-fi movies because they are so cool. As you play with them I think you will find them as fascinating as I do. They created those figures by graphing points as a function of a third variable (the parameter). We can do the same and in the process come to understand Parametric Functions.
Inverse of Linear Functions
What does a linear function look like when we interchange the inputs and outputs, that is make the x-axis the y-axis and vice versa.
Graphing
Graphs as we know them were first invented by Galileo. They are powerful images of functions. I will introduce you to graphs by letting you graph different functions represented by a table. Fill in each table visualize its graph.