similarities between linear/exponential/quadratic functions
The exponent above the "x" in a Quadratic equation
What is 2?
a moving object with the only force acting upon it is gravity.
What is projectile motion?
If the "a" term is positive the how will the parabola open
what is upwards?
quadratic functions have what shaped graph?
What is parabolic
The ratio of the change in y, the dependent variable, to the change in x, the independent variable.
What is the rate of change
This type of function doesn't have an exponent above the "X"
What is linear?
the path followed by projectile
what is trajectory?
If the "a" term is negative the how will the parabola open
what is downward?
what form is y=ax^2 +bx+c
What is Standard Form
the steepness of a line graph, equal to its vertical change divided by its horizonal change
What is slope?
What function is 3x2+10+7?
What is quadratic function?
what is the vertical distance between the point of projectile and where it returns to launch heights?
what is range?
If the absolute value of "a" is greater than one the graph gets?
Compressed (narrower)
the x-intercepts are y=x^2-x-2
What is (-1,2)
what is slope intercept form?
what is y=mx+b
What function is 5x?
What is exponential?
Which angle produces the greatest horizontal distance?
What is 45 degrees?
If the absolute value of "a" is less than one the graph gets?
Expanded (Wider)
x2+8x+15=0
What is (x+5)(x+3)
Point slope form?
what is y-y1=m(x-x1)?
The equation used to find the result of any given variable?
Explicit Equation
the vertex form?
y=a(x-h)2+k
when you set the equation to equal zero then solve for the _____.
Roots
What form is this in? 1/2(x+7)-4
What is vertex?
The x or y coordinates of a point where it crosses the x or y axis?
what is x-intercept and y-intercept.