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Please start with the video tutorial on the right to get some insight into the interactive Graph below.

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DIRECTIONS
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Below is the function f(x) = 1/x .

- You will see a red point that you can manipulate with your mouse. You can drag the red point along the curve and see the points x value "projected" along the x-axis and the points y value "projected" along the y axis.

- Also, by right clicking your mouse on the graph you will bring up a menu system that allows you to adjust the Cartesian Coordinate System on which the interactive graph sits.

- Your goal is to be able to do the following:

a) Determine the domain by moving the red point and examining the projection of the x coordinate along the x axis.
b) Determine the range by moving the red point and examining the projection of the y coordinate along the y axis.
c) Determine on what intervals of x the function f(x) will be increasing or decreasing.