AP Precalculus Unit 1D-2A - Discrete Data

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Linear functions model data sets or aspects of contextual scenarios that...

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demonstrate roughly constant rates of change.

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Quadratic functions model data sets or aspects of contextual scenarios that...

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demonstrate roughly linear rates of change, or data sets that are roughly symmetric with a unique local maximum or minimum value.

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Geometric contexts involving area or two dimensions can often be modeled by...

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quadratic functions

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Geometric contexts involving volume or three dimensions can often be modeled by...

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cubic functions

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Piecewise-defined Function

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A set of expressions defined over non-overlapping domain intervals

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Inversely Proportional

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The relationship between two quantities when one quantity decreases as the other increases, typically through a reciprocal

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Sequence

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A function from the whole numbers to the real numbers, resulting in a graph of discrete points instead of a curve

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Arithmetic Sequence

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A sequence in which successive terms have a common difference (or constant rate of change)

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Geometric Sequence

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A sequence in which successive terms have a common ratio (or constant proportional change)

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Over equal-length input-value intervals, if the output values of a function change at constant rate, then...

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the function is linear.