Chapter 3 Review - Key Terms

Fill in the blank: The greatest value of a function over an interval is called the _________.

• absolute maximum

• absolute minimum

• local maximum

• local minimum

Fill in the blank: The lowest value of a function over an interval is called the _________.

• absolute minimum

• absolute maximum

• local minimum

• local maximum

The difference in the output values of a function found for two values of the input divided by the difference between the inputs is called the _________.

• average rate of change

• instantaneous rate of change

• derivative

• slope

The new function formed by function composition, when the output of one function is used as the input of another, is called a _________?

• composite function

• derivative function

• inverse function

• identity function

A function is decreasing in some open interval if f(b) < f(a) for any two input values a and b in the given interval where b > a, and is called a _________.

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Fill in the blank: An output variable is called a _________.

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• control variable

• random variable

Fill in the blank: The set of all possible input values for a relation is called the _________.

• domain

• range

• codomain

• image

A function whose graph is unchanged by horizontal reflection, f(x) = f(−x), and is symmetric about the y-axis, is called an _________.

• even function

• odd function

• linear function

• exponential function

A relation in which each input value yields a unique output value is called a _________?

A transformation that compresses a function’s graph horizontally, by multiplying the input by a constant b > 1, is called a _________.

• horizontal compression

• vertical stretch

• horizontal stretch

• vertical compression