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MATHEMATICS 9

2ND GRADING

ACTIVITY #1 – A
COMPARE ME

Instruction: Consider the functions f ( x )=x +3 and g ( x )=x 2−4 x +6 .

1. Which of the two equations above is linear? And which is quadratic?


a. Linear Function: ______________________
b. Quadratic Function: ___________________
2. Complete the following table of values using the indicated function and identify the
difference between the two adjacent x – values in each table.

f ( x )=x +3 2
g ( x )=x −4 x +6
x −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3 x −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3
y y

3. What do you observe?

4. How can you recognize a quadratic function when a table is given?

5. Using the table of values, graph the two function and compare the results.(Attached your
graphing paper for the solution)

6. What kind of graph is the linear equation? What kind of graph is the quadratic equation?

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