Exponential, Logarithmic and Trigonometric Functions

This video by Professor Dave Explains gives an introduction to exponential functions and their graphs.

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These notes from mathcentre.ac.uk (pages 1-5) goes into more detail on exponential functions.

Note: pages 9-11 look at the relationship between exponential and logarithmic functions.

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Use the GeoGebra graphing calculator below to plot the graphs of the exponential functions encountered in the previous notes. Make up some exponential functions of your own and see what the graphs look like.

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This video by patrickJMT explains logarithmic functions and in particular what the graphs of logarithmic functions look like.

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These notes from mathcentre.ac.uk (pages 5-8) go into more detail on logarithmic functions.

Note: pages 9-11 look at the relationship between logarithmic and exponential functions.

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Use the GeoGebra graphing calculator below to plot the graphs of the logarithmic functions encountered in the previous notes. Make up some logarithmic functions of your own and see what the graphs look like.

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This video by Professor Dave Explains introduces the sine, cosine and tangent functions.

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These notes from MathCentre are a resource for the trigonometric functions. Try the exercises on page 9 to practise what you have learned.

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This video from Khan Academy is an introduction to the reciprocal trigonometric functions: cosecant, secant and cotangent.

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These notes from mathcentre introduce the reciprocal trigonometric functions, their graphs and some identities involving them.

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This NUMBAS exercise asks you for some exact values of reciprocal trigonometric ratios.

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