Function Data Questions 1

Module 3 Application Assignment

Function Data Questions

Samantha DiMatteo

Marygrove College

Function Data Questions: Version 2

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Data Table

x 10 20 35 40 45 60 105
y 1 3 6 7 8 11 ?

1) Is this a function? Yes.

How do you know? Every input has one output & the graph passes the
vertical line test.

Yes, this is a function.

First I examined the table given. For something to be considered a function

it cannot have two y-values assigned to the same x-value. The data listed on
the table suggested that every input has exactly one output, implying that
this data table represents a function.

I then chose to graph the table of values on a coordinate plane. This

revealed a linear pattern. To confirm that it was a function I used the
vertical line test. Since no two points on the graph have the same x-value it
passed the vertical line test and confirmed my notion that this data table
represents a function.

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2) If so, is it linear or exponential? Yes.

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How do you know? There is a constant pattern of change.

This data table represents a linear function. I was able to recognize that
these data points were linear by first observing a constant pattern of
change in the table. I re-wrote the table to include x and y-values that were
initially excluded. This allowed the linear pattern to be more prevalent. The
x-values increased by 5 units while the y-values increased by 1 unit.

x 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65

y -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

I then observed the linear pattern that was created as I graphed each of
the values in the data set on the coordinate plane. Since each value fell in a
straight line I could conclude that the graph of these data points was linear.

Lastly, I knew that this was a linear pattern based on the equation that I
created to represent the table and the graph. I knew this because the
highest exponent on each of the variables of my equation was one.

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y= x1
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3) What would be the 105th term? 20 units

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The 105th term can be determined using a table, graph, or equation.

To use the table I simply continued to increase each of my x-values by 5 and

my y-values by 1 until I reached an x-value of 105. At this point I looked at
the corresponding y-value and concluded that the 105th x-value would have y-
value of 20. Thus, the 105th term could be written as the coordinate pair
(105, 20).

x 0 5 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 105
0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0

y -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

To use the graph I found the 105 value on the x-axis and then observed the
corresponding value of y at that point on the graph. This also revealed a
solution of (105, 20).

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Perhaps the most efficient approach to this question is to use the equation that I
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developed to represent this data set ( y= x1) . By plugging in a value of 105
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for x and then computing the appropriate operations I found that the y-value would
be 20. This was consistent with my previous results of (105, 20).
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4) Write the equation for the function. y= x1
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To identify the value of y when x was 0 I worked backwards using the table.
I subtracted 5 from each x value and I also subtracted 1 from each y-value
to obtain the ordered pair that preceded it. In doing this I found that when
x is 0 y is -1. This helped me to identify my starting value for my function;
also known as the y-intercept.

x 0 5 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 105
0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0

y -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

This value can also be obtained by looking at my graph and recognizing that the y-
intercept occurs when x has a value of 0 and y has a value of -1.

Once I had found the y-intercept I then proceeded to find the slope of the
data set. I did this by calculating how the y-values were changing in relation
y y 2 y 1
to the x-values ( = ). I found that the y-values changed
x x 2x 1
one unit for every five units that the x-values changed. This yielded a slope
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of . I then chose to represent my function in slope intercept form (
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y=mx +b ) to obtain my final equation of y= x1 .
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The slope could also be determined using the graph. To get from one consecutive
point to the next I had to move one unit vertically and five units horizontally
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(rise/run) this relationship can be represented as a fraction of .
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