Electronic Proceedings of the Twenty-fourth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

Orlando, Florida, March 22-25, 2012

Paper C039

This is an electronic reprint, reproduced by permission of Pearson Education Inc. Originally appeared in the Proceedings of the Twenty-fourth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, ISBN 0-321-869699, Copyright (C) 2013 by Pearson Education, Inc.

Strategy for Graphing Polynomials and Rational Functions

Marwan Zabdawi

Gordon College

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ABSTRACT

Almost all books in pre-calculus and calculus do not give the student a specific outline on how to graph polynomials and rational functions.This paper delineates a mechanical step-by-step procedure (in a PowerPoint presentation) on how to graph polynomial/rational functions without a hitch. Two examples will be demonstrated with the use and verification of the TI-83 calculator.

Keyword(s): TI-83