Algebra Vocabulary #3

A function with a constant rate of change (slope). When graphed it is a straight line.

• Linear function

• Exponential function

• Quadratic function

• Polynomial function

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.2

CCSS.HSA.REI.D.10

CCSS.HSS.ID.C.7

The equation y=mx+b, where m = slope, b = y-intercept, (x,y) is a point on the line

• Slope-Intercept Form

• Set Builder Notation

• Domain

• Vertex

The rate of change. Ratio of the change in output (y) to the change in input (x)

• Slope

• Y-Intercept

• Vertex

• Minimum

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CCSS.HSS.ID.C.7

The point a graph crosses the y-axis (x=0)

• Slope

• X-Intercept

• Y-Intercept

• Maximum

a mathematical function of the following form: ƒ(x) = a^x

• Linear function

• Exponential function

• Quadratic function

• Polynomial function

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CCSS.HSF.LE.A.1

A function in the form f(x) = ax² + bx + c, where a, b, and c are numbers with a not equal to zero.

• Linear function

• Exponential function

• Quadratic function

• Polynomial function

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CCSS.HSA.APR.A.1

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.1

The coefficient of the first term of a polynomial when written in descending order of exponents

• leading coefficient

• maximum

• minimum

• vertex

the shape of the graph of a quadratic function

• vertex

• parabola

• line

• y-intercept

a parabola's turning point

• slope

• vertex

• leading coefficient

• quadratic

A turning point where the function was decreasing (going down) and changes to increasing (going up)

• maximum

• minimum

• vertex

• domain

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CCSS.HSF.IF.B.4

CCSS.HSF.IF.C.7