MMA Unit 3 Vocabulary Science and Engineering

A special relationship between two variables where every input (x) has only one outpoint (y)

• Function

• Input

• Output

• Relation

A value that you put into a function rule

• Function

• Input

• Output

• Relation

A value that you get out of a function rule after simplifying it

• Function

• Input

• Output

• Relation

Change in y/change in x

• Slope or Rate of Change

• Common Difference

• y-intercept

• x-intercept or zero

What you have to add each time to get to the next value in a linear equation.

• Slope or Rate of Change

• Common Difference

• y-intercept

• x-intercept or zero

Where the graph hits the y-axis. Where x=0.

• Slope or Rate of Change

• Common Difference

• y-intercept

• x-intercept or zero

Where the graph hits the x-axis. Where y=0

• Slope or Rate of Change

• Common Difference

• y-intercept

• x-intercept or zero

A function in the form y=mx+b. It forms a straight line on a graph. You add or subtract a constant number to get to the next term.

• Linear Function

• Direct Variation

• Inverse Variation

• Exponential Function

• Quadratic Function

A function in the form y=kx. It is a straight line through the origin. x/y is constant.

• Linear Function

• Direct Variation

• Inverse Variation

• Exponential Function

• Quadratic Function

A function in the form y=k/x. It forms two curves approaching the x and y axes. x*y is constant.

• Linear Function

• Direct Variation

• Inverse Variation

• Exponential Function

• Quadratic Function