After completing this section, students should be able to do the following.

  • Know the graphs and properties of ‘‘famous’’ functions.
  • Know and use the properties of exponential and logarithmic functions.
  • Understand the relationship between exponential and logarithmic functions.
  • Understand the definition of a rational function.
  • Understand the properties of trigonometric functions.
  • Evaluate expressions and solve equations involving trigonometric functions and inverse trigonometric functions.