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Characteristics of Function Graphs

The document discusses attributes of functions and their relationship to a function's graph. It defines key terms like interval, maximum, minimum, and zeros of a function. It provides examples of identifying attributes from graphs and sketching graphs from descriptions. Questions are provided to have students identify attributes like where a function is increasing/decreasing on intervals and finding maximums, minimums, and zeros.

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Characteristics of Function Graphs

The document discusses attributes of functions and their relationship to a function's graph. It defines key terms like interval, maximum, minimum, and zeros of a function. It provides examples of identifying attributes from graphs and sketching graphs from descriptions. Questions are provided to have students identify attributes like where a function is increasing/decreasing on intervals and finding maximums, minimums, and zeros.

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Characteristics of

Function Graphs

Essential Question: What are some of the attributes of a


function, and how are they related to the function’s
graph?
Objective
•Identifying Attributes of a Function from its Graph.
•Sketching a Function’s Graph from a verbal
description.
•Modeling with a Linear Function.

CCSS. Math : F-IF.B.5 +


Vocabulary

Interval maximum
increasing minimum
decreasing Zero of unction
Average rate of
change
1. The values of the function on the interval {x|1 < x < 3} are positive/negative.
2. The values of the function on the interval {x|8 < x < 9} are positive/negative.
3. The given function is increasing/decreasing on the interval {x|2 ≤ x ≤ 4}.
4. The given function is increasing/decreasing on the interval {x|4 ≤ x ≤ 6}.
5. What is the given function’s average rate of change on the interval {x|0 ≤ x ≤ 2}?
The value of ƒ(x) at a point where a function changes from increasing to
decreasing is a maximum value.
The value of ƒ(x) at a point where a function changes from decreasing to
increasing is a minimum value.
A zero of a function is a value of x for which ƒ(x) = 0. On a graph of the
function, the zeros are the x-intercepts.

1. At how many points does the given function change from increasing to decreasing?
2. What is the function’s value at these points?
3. At how many points does the given function change from decreasing to increasing?
4. What is the function’s value at these points?
5. How many x-intercepts does the given function’s graph have?
6. Identify the zeros of the function.
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Practice
Identify the axes and scales.
The x-axis will be time (in hours) and will run from 0 to at least 96. The y-axis will be the probability of infection (as a
percent) from 0 to 100.
Identify key intervals.
The intervals are in increments of 24 hours: 0 to 24, 24 to 48, 48 to 72, 72 to 96, and 96 to 120.
Sketch the graph of the function.
Draw a horizontal segment at y = 0 for the first 24-hour interval. The function increases over the next three 24-hour
intervals with the middle interval having the greatest increase (the steepest slope). After 96 hours, the graph is nearly
horizontal at 100%.
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