Unit 4 Vocab Algebra

Independent variable

• input
• output

Dependent Variable

• input
• output

function

• set of ordered pairs where every input has exactly one output
• set of ordered pairs

Function Notation

• a way of writing outputs of a function that has a given name
• a way of writing inputs of a function that has a given name
• a way of writing equations for functions

Linear Function

• function with no rate of change
• function with a constant rate of change

decreasing function

• the outputs get smaller as the inputs get larger
• the outputs get larger as the inputs get smaller

increasing function

• the outputs get smaller as the inputs get larger
• the outputs get larger as the inputs get smaller

horizontal intercept

• y intercept
• x intercept

vertical intercept

• y intercept
• x intercept

Maximum

• greatest value on function
• lowest value of function