Types of Functions
What is a function
This is what we call it when a parent graphs is changed (shift up,down,left,right/stretch/narrow).
What is a transformation
Two numbers that multiply to equal a value are ____ of that number
What are factors
When looking at the table of a function when the y is equal to zero we know that it is the ______
What is the x-intercept
What is the one thing that all wise men, regardless of their religion or politics, agree is between heaven and earth?
What is the word "and"
When a table has a constant 1st difference it is this type of function.
One a table these values are always in the left column
What are the inputs/x-values
Distributive Property
What is the turning point or vertex
What common English verb becomes its own past tence by rearranging its letters?
What is the word eat
This type of function when graphed forms a parabola
What is a quadratic function
The graph of this function is in the shape of a "V"
What is an absolute function
When factoring a trinomial (ax^2 + bx +c) we try to find two numbers that multiply to the ___ value and add to the ___ value
What are the "C" and "B" values
When looking at the table of a function when the x is equal to zero we know that it is the ______
What is the Y-intercept
If a rooster lays an egg on the exact peak of a barn, which side does it fall?
What is a rooster does not lay eggs
This is the type of function that expresses how far away any value is from zero.
What is Absolute Value
When referring to any transformations we always do so in relation to the ______ function.
What is the "parent" function
Factor (x^2 - 36) into two binomial factors
(x-6)(x+6)
This proves a function is quadratic when using a table
What is a constant first difference but different second differences
A cowboy rides into town on Friday. He stays three days, then rides out of town on Friday. How?
The horse's name was Friday
This type of function is special in that each input has only one output and each output has only one input.
What is a 1-to-1 function
This flips our graphs around the x-axis
What is a negative leading coefficient
Factor the following into 2 Binomial Factors:
3x^2 + 13x+ 4
(3x+1)(x+4)
This is the formula we use to find the x-coordinate of the vertex of a quadratic equation
What is -b/2a
It occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in an hour.
The letter M