Discrete or Continuous?
What Happened?
Function Junction
Vocabulary
Linear or Nonlinear?
Final Question
100
The number of hairs on Mr. Morgan's head.
Discrete
100
Lines that represent a proportional relationship have what two characteristics when they are graphed?
Linear and pass through the origin
100
3t - 1; t = 17
50
100
This is something that assigns exactly one output for each input
A function (rule)
100
A parabola
Nonlinear
200
The number of home runs that a baseball player hits in a season
Discrete
200
As time increases, what happens to distance?
See graph
Time increases with distance
200
-4z + 12; z = -86
356
200
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When the ratio of the change input to the change in output is constant, we have what type of function?
Linear function
200
y = 6x + 7 - 4x
Linear
300
The temperature on a thermometer throughout the course of a summer day
Continuous
300
What truck is driving faster?
Truck 2
300
2x + 3; x = -9.782
-16.564
300
What describes the rate of change?
Slope
300
y = x (6x) + x (4x)
Nonlinear
400
The water level in a pool when it gets filled up
Continuous
400
In which segment is the van moving the fastest?
4
400
4(x + 7) - 7x + 4; x = 13.5
-8.5
400
A function whose greatest exponent is 3 is called what?
A cubic function
400
Nonlinear
500
The distance that a bullet travels after it is shot out of a gun
Continuous
500
What makes the most sense?
You threw a ball and it got stuck in a tree.
You threw a ball and your friend caught it.
You threw a ball and your friend dropped it.
You threw a ball and it got stuck in a tree.
500
1.99t + 14.5t - 6; t = 98
1610.02
500
What type of shape does a an absolute value function make when graphed?
Vee
500
Linear