https://www.desmos.com/calculator/qw7opprvc5

Going into this project I knew it would be very challenging and time-consuming. I didn’t have a lot of experience using Desmos, but now I feel a lot more confident in my understanding of using functions and how I can translate them on the graph, I’m glad I made the choice to do the project. When I first saw that we needed to use the six types of functions we’ve learned in class I was a bit overwhelmed because I had no clue how I was going to incorporate a trigonometric and logarithmic one. I took it step by step and focused on one part at a time starting with the snowman. A challenge I faced throughout it was when I started graphing the word ‘happy’, I was halfway through and I thought I saved it, but it erased and it was frustrating. I wasn’t really satisfied with how it looked anyways and made it into bubble letters instead. Another one was domains and ranges, I’ve struggled a lot with these in class, so I was having a hard time with them, but half-way through the project I started being able to figure it out faster. It was tough to make sure none of the functions crossed over each other and everything lined up perfectly. I had already graphed the snowman and the words ‘happy holidays’ and I still had no trig function, so I decided I would do the Christmas tree out of one and I’m really happy how that part turned out. A strategy I used was to duplicate the functions then change the transformations. This assignment helped me learn more about functions because I now have a better understanding of how I can manipulate a function by translations and stretches. As well as seeing it laid out as a picture showed me all the different ways we can use functions which was interesting to me.