Key Characteristics of Function

Does this graph have a maximum or minimum value?

• maximum
• minimum
• neither
• both

What are the x-intercepts of the graph?

• (2, 0)

• (0, -2)

• (-1.225, -4.25) and (1.225, -4.25)

• (-1.887, 0) and (1.887, 0)

True or False:

The x-intercept of a function ALWAYS has a zero as the y-coordinate.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What is the y-intercept of the graph?

• (-2,5)

• (1,0)

• (0,1)

• (-3.104, 0)

Which ordered pair could represent a y-intercept?

• (-1, 0)

• (2, 4)

• (0,4)

• (-2, 4)

What is the range of the graph?

• y ≥ -1.225

• y ≥ -4.25

• All Real Numbers ℝ

• y ≤ -4.25

What is the minimum of the graph?

• (0,5)

• (-5, 0) (1, 0)

• (-2, 9)

• It does not have one

What is the correct end behavior?

• As x → - ∞, f(x) → ∞

  As x → ∞, f(x) → ∞

• As x → - ∞, f(x) → - ∞

  As x → ∞, f(x) → ∞

• As x → - ∞, f(x) → ∞

  As x → ∞, f(x) → - ∞

• As x → - ∞, f(x) → - ∞

  As x → ∞, f(x) → - ∞

The point (-5.25, 0) represents ___________.

• a maximum

• a minimum

• a y-intercept

• an x-intercept

Which best describes the increasing and decreasing of the graph?

• Decreasing and then increasing

• Increasing and then decreasing

• Increasing Only

• Decreasing Only