Understanding Function Notation and Waste Statistics

24.3%

4.5%

8.9%

66.8%

Waste and population are unrelated

Population is a function of waste

Waste is a function of population

Waste is independent of population

F(273)

F(65,000)

F(65)

F(273,000)

65,000 pounds

65 pounds

273,000 pounds

273 pounds

Waste

Population

Time

Location

They are independent of each other

Population controls the waste

Waste controls the population

Both are dependent variables

It is controlled by the independent variable

It controls the independent variable

It is always constant

It is unrelated to the independent variable

A rule that relates multiple inputs to one output

A rule that relates one input to multiple outputs

A rule that relates each input to exactly one output

A rule that relates outputs to inputs

Y is the input

Y is the function

Y is the independent variable

Y is the output

Y and X are the same

Y determines X

X determines Y

Y and X are unrelated