The profit for selling 10 widgets is $17 and the profit for selling 15 is $32. VOCAB/TOPIC Independent Variable ( ) - The quantity which determines the final value of whatever quantity is being measured. Dependent Variable ( ) - The quantity which one wishes to measure or predict.
The profit for selling 10 widgets is $17 and the profit for selling 15 is $32.
SYMBOLIC y = mx + b
TABLE/CHART Independent ( ) Dependent ( ) Name Unit Name Unit Expression
GRAPHIC (_________________) (_______________________________) Total Profit in Dollars
(_________________) (_______________________________) Total Profit in Dollars GRAPHIC SYMBOLIC xy TABLE/CHART 3 WAYS TO COMMUNICATE ALGEBRAICALLY
Function - Dependent relationship in which each input value has a single output value. f (x ) = mx + b y = f (x )
Slope - rate of change of dependant variable with respect to independent variable. Ratio of Rise to Run ( ) Increasing functions - slope is ( ) examples: Decreasing functions - slope is ( ) example
Dependent ( )Independent ( ) Change
Dependent ( )Independent ( ) Change
Dependent ( )Independent ( ) Change
(_________________) (_______________________________) Total Profit in Dollars DOMAIN/RANGE