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Math III

Go further with polynomial and rational expressions, advanced functions, trigonometry, geometric modeling, and statistical inference.

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F-BF.4.a M3-020-A07-V01

Find the inverse of a logarithmic function by swapping x and y

Find inverse functions for simple invertible functions, including rational examples.

A logarithm reports the exponent placed on its base, so its inverse should reverse that question. After swapping the variables, convert the logarithmic statement to equivalent exponential form without changing …

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F-BF.4.a M3-020-A08-V01

Verify that two functions are inverse functions using composition

Find inverse functions for simple invertible functions, including rational examples.

Inverse functions must undo one another in both directions, so verify both compositions rather than stopping after one successful simplification. Substitute the entire inner function as a grouped input, simplify …

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F-BF.4.a M3-020-A09-V01

Decide one-to-one status from fixed evidence

Find inverse functions for simple invertible functions, including rational examples.

One-to-one behavior is about whether an output can repeat, not merely whether the original relation passes the vertical-line test. Translate strict increase into an ordering statement for two inputs; that …

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F-BF.4.a M3-020-A10-V01

Restrict to monotonic branches and write both inverses

Find inverse functions for simple invertible functions, including rational examples.

A parabola fails to be one-to-one because its two sides repeat outputs, so the turning point is the natural place to split it into maximal monotonic branches. Invert each branch …

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F-BF.4.a M3-020-A11-V01

Interpret inverse input and output quantities with units

Find inverse functions for simple invertible functions, including rational examples.

Interpret an inverse by reversing the quantities while keeping each quantity’s unit attached to it. An original output becomes the inverse input, and the corresponding original input becomes the inverse …

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F-BF.4.a M3-020-A12-V01

Reflect inverse points and graph features across y=x

Find inverse functions for simple invertible functions, including rational examples.

Reflection across y equals x reverses input and output roles, so every ordered pair is transformed by exchanging its coordinates. Apply that same rule consistently to each point; neither coordinate …

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F-BF.4.a M3-020-A13-V01

Exchange domain and range in four explicit inverse fields

Find inverse functions for simple invertible functions, including rational examples.

An inverse reverses every input-output pair, so the original output set becomes the inverse input set and the original input set becomes the inverse output set. Write all four fields …

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F-BF.4.a M3-020-A14-V01

Match inverse formulas to reflected graph features

Find inverse functions for simple invertible functions, including rational examples.

Verify an inverse formula through several linked reflections rather than one algebraic resemblance. Swap the coordinates of the original anchor and a second point, check both images in the inverse …

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F-IF.4 M3-021-A01-V01

Audit contextual x- and y-intercepts with units

Interpret key features of rational, square-root, cube-root, and other function models in context.

Treat each intercept as a different question about the same rational model: an x-intercept makes the output zero, while a y-intercept fixes the input at zero. In each case, check …

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F-IF.4 M3-021-A02-V01

Interpret a vertical asymptote with sided limits and context

Interpret key features of rational, square-root, cube-root, and other function models in context.

Separate the algebraic graph from the production story. The denominator identifies the excluded boundary and the two-sided algebraic behavior, but only positive whole-number inputs represent actual item counts. Use the …

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F-IF.4 M3-021-A03-V01

Derive and interpret a rational long-run asymptote

Interpret key features of rational, square-root, cube-root, and other function models in context.

Rewrite the average-cost model as a stable per-item amount plus a production-dependent correction. Then ask what happens to that correction as production grows: its decay determines the horizontal level and …

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F-IF.4 M3-021-A04-V01

Locate and interpret a removable discontinuity

Interpret key features of rational, square-root, cube-root, and other function models in context.

Canceling a common factor simplifies the rule but does not restore an input that the original denominator excluded. Carry that restriction into the reduced graph, evaluate the simplified expression at …

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F-IF.4 M3-021-A05-V01

Interpret a square-root endpoint as a contextual boundary

Interpret key features of rational, square-root, cube-root, and other function models in context.

For a square-root model, the endpoint comes from the radicand's boundary, where the expression inside the root first becomes allowable. Evaluate the function there, then read the two coordinates in …

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F-IF.4 M3-021-A06-V01

Determine root-model domain, range, anchor, and monotonicity

Interpret key features of rational, square-root, cube-root, and other function models in context.

Start with the root family, because its parity controls whether there is an endpoint at all. For the square-root form, solve the radicand condition, evaluate the boundary to locate the …

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F-IF.4 M3-021-A07-V01

Label monotonicity on every connected domain interval

Interpret key features of rational, square-root, cube-root, and other function models in context.

Monotonicity must be reported on connected pieces of the actual domain, so find the square-root boundary before reading the curve from left to right. A horizontal shift moves the parent …

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F-IF.4 M3-021-A08-V01

Interpret a contextual extremum with quantities and units

Interpret key features of rational, square-root, cube-root, and other function models in context.

An extremum coordinate is a sentence in compressed form: the first coordinate names the input situation, and the second names the resulting output. Attach the correct quantity and unit to …

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F-IF.4 M3-021-A09-V01

State model end behavior as explicit limit rows

Interpret key features of rational, square-root, cube-root, and other function models in context.

At the far ends of a polynomial, growth rate matters more than the smaller terms, so identify the highest-degree term first. Use its degree parity to decide whether the ends …

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F-IF.4 M3-021-A10-V01

Match key graph features to a real-world function story

Interpret key features of rational, square-root, cube-root, and other function models in context.

Translate the story into the structural form material cost per item plus fixed cost spread across the number produced. The denominator immediately restricts the feasible input side and explains the …

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F-IF.4 M3-021-A11-V01

Match a context question to the graph feature that answers it

Interpret key features of rational, square-root, cube-root, and other function models in context.

Start by translating the business question into an output condition before naming any graph feature. Break-even means the difference between revenue and cost has become zero, so look for where …

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F-IF.4 M3-021-A12-V01

Classify a graph feature's contextual validity and attainability

Interpret key features of rational, square-root, cube-root, and other function models in context.

An algebraic feature is not automatically a feasible event. Put its input beside the model's stated domain, test membership, and only then discuss attainability. If the input violates what the …

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F-IF.4 M3-021-A13-V01

Compare two functions with parallel feature inventories

Interpret key features of rational, square-root, cube-root, and other function models in context.

Build the same feature inventory for both functions before comparing them: denominator restrictions and vertical asymptotes, long-run levels, zeros, then behavior on each connected branch. Their shared reciprocal structure explains …

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F-IF.5 M3-022-A01-V01

Find the domain of a rational function by excluding denominator zeros

Relate a function's domain to its equation, graph, and context, especially when model choice matters.

Domain questions for rational expressions begin in the denominator, not the numerator. Find every input that makes the denominator zero, exclude those values, and keep all remaining real inputs. A …

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F-IF.5 M3-022-A02-V01

Find the domain of a square root function by requiring the radicand to be nonnegative

Relate a function's domain to its equation, graph, and context, especially when model choice matters.

The defining restriction for a real square root belongs to the entire radicand: it may be zero or positive, but not negative. Turn that condition into an inequality and solve …

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F-IF.5 M3-022-A03-V01

Find the domain of a logarithmic function by requiring its argument to be positive

Relate a function's domain to its equation, graph, and context, especially when model choice matters.

Logarithmic domains use a stricter boundary rule than square roots. Require the entire argument to be positive, solve that inequality, and test the boundary by imagining the argument becoming zero. …

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F-IF.5 M3-022-A04-V01

Choose the sensible domain of an exponential model from the context

Relate a function's domain to its equation, graph, and context, especially when model choice matters.

Separate what the exponential formula permits from what the input quantity means. The algebra can accept real exponents, but elapsed time is measured from the stated starting date, so locate …

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F-IF.5 M3-022-A05-V01

Find the contextual domain of a real-world function model

Relate a function's domain to its equation, graph, and context, especially when model choice matters.

The polynomial formula alone does not know it represents a rectangle, so build the contextual domain from the side lengths. Require each dimension to be positive, solve both inequalities, and …

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F-IF.5 M3-022-A06-V01

Find the domain of a function from its graph

Relate a function's domain to its equation, graph, and context, especially when model choice matters.

Read a graph's domain by projecting every visible point horizontally onto the input axis. Open circles and holes remove their exact inputs even when the surrounding curve continues, while arrows …

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F-IF.5 M3-022-A07-V01

Match a domain restriction to the graph feature it creates

Relate a function's domain to its equation, graph, and context, especially when model choice matters.

An excluded rational input can create different graph features, so ask what happened to the denominator factor. If it survives simplification, nearby denominators shrink toward zero while a nonzero numerator …

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F-IF.5 M3-022-A08-V01

Separate mathematical and contextual domains

Relate a function's domain to its equation, graph, and context, especially when model choice matters.

Keep two domain questions on separate lines. First let the square-root formula determine its full algebraic input set; then classify the side length as a continuous physical measure and impose …

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F-IF.5 M3-022-A09-V01

Find the range of a function on a restricted domain

Relate a function's domain to its equation, graph, and context, especially when model choice matters.

A restricted-domain range comes from only the displayed portion of the function, not from the entire parent graph. Determine how the quadratic moves on the allowed input interval, evaluate the …

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F-IF.5 M3-022-A11-V01

Classify why an input is invalid

Relate a function's domain to its equation, graph, and context, especially when model choice matters.

Test invalidity in two stages instead of treating every rejected input as an algebra problem. First ask whether substitution produces a real polynomial value; then compare the input with the …

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F-IF.5 M3-022-A12-V01

Write the domain in interval notation by excluding denominator zeros

Relate a function's domain to its equation, graph, and context, especially when model choice matters.

Removing two inputs cuts the real line into three connected pieces, so interval notation must preserve all three rather than only the middle. Place parentheses at each missing number and …

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F-IF.5 M3-022-A13-V01

Translate an algebraic domain restriction into context

Relate a function's domain to its equation, graph, and context, especially when model choice matters.

Translate both the algebra and the noun attached to the input. A denominator rules out division by zero, while items makes the remaining inputs discrete counts rather than a continuous …

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F-IF.5 M3-022-A14-V01

Choose a realistic domain from quantity type and boundary

Relate a function's domain to its equation, graph, and context, especially when model choice matters.

Begin with the quantity type: produced items are counted, so noninteger inputs fail even when an algebraic formula might accept them. Next apply the sign boundary and use the prompt's …

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F-IF.6 M3-023-A01-V01

Find the average rate of change of a function on an interval

Calculate, estimate, and interpret average rate of change for advanced function types.

Average rate of change is a secant slope, so preserve the same endpoint order in both differences. Evaluate the function at the two interval ends, subtract outputs, and divide by …

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F-IF.6 M3-023-A02-V01

Find the average rate of change of a function on an interval

Calculate, estimate, and interpret average rate of change for advanced function types.

Before forming a reciprocal secant slope, verify that the entire interval avoids the input where the function is undefined. Then evaluate both endpoints and keep the nested fraction organized as …

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