Rational Functions
This Unit’s Key Question: Why can’t some people afford healthcare?
Day 1: Inversely Proportional Relationships
Lesson Key Question: Why can’t some people afford their medication?
Content: Directly Proportional | Inversely Proportional | Constant Products & Quotients
Day 2: Describe & Transform Rational Functions
Lesson Key Question: Why are so many Americans uninsured?
Content: Graphing Rational Functions | Asymptotes | Domain & Range | Transformations
Day 3: Holes & Asymptotes
Lesson Key Question: How could companies help reduce the financial burden of health insurance?
Content: Vertical Asymptotes | Horizontal Asymptotes | Slant Asymptotes | Holes
Day 4: Adding & Subtracting Rationals
Technique Lesson: Skill-building lesson (no key contextual question)
Content: Common Denominators | Adding & Subtracting Rational Expressions
Day 5: Multiplying & Dividing Rationals
Lesson Key Question: Why do so many young people not have insurance?
Content: Factoring Rational Expressions | Multiplying & Dividing Rational Expressions
Day 6: Solving Rational Equations
Lesson Key Question: Why don’t more young people have healthcare? (Pt 2)
Content: Solving Rational Equations | Cross Multiplication | Extraneous Solutions