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Check for Understanding

Understand and Interpret Functions: Investigation 1
Each table shows data for different throws of a ball, with input in the left column and output
in the right. Use the tables for questions 1-3.

A. Horizontal B. Height Time C. Horizontal

Height Time
Distance (m) (s) Distance
(m) (s)
(m) (m)
10 0.2
10 2 1 6
18 0.9
20 10 3 18
14 1.8
21 20 4 24
10 2
10 30 5 30
0 2.5
C
1. Write the letter of the table for the relationship that represents a function. _______

2. Choose the equation that models this relationship.

A. y  6x  4 ✔ B. y = 6x C. y = 4x + 4 D. y  4x

3. If the left and right columns were reversed in the tables, which relationships would
represent functions? ______________
All of them

4. Choose the graph that represents a function.

I. II. III.
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5. Use the graphs above to explain how you know whether a relationship represents a
function.
A relationship is a function when it shows each input only has one output and no input
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has more than one output. In a graph, no y value should have more than one point on the line.
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