Linear, Exponential, and Quadratic Models
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Objective
I can determine whether a given data set is best modeled by a linear, exponential, or quadratic function.
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Practice
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Describe in your own words how the y-values change in a linear function when the x-values increase by a constant amount.
Explain how you can identify a linear function from Desmos.
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Exit ticket
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“The following data set is either linear, quadratic, or exponential. Identify which type of function it is: x: 1, 2, 3, 4 y: 4, 12, 36, 108 The following data set is either linear, quadratic, or exponential. Identify which type of function it is: x: 0, 1, 2, 3 y: 5, 2, -1, -4 The following data set is either linear, quadratic, or exponential. Identify which type of function it is: x: 1, 2, 3, 4 y: 2, 5, 10, 17”
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