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Here are some numbers in a list:
Say yes or no for each question. If yes, draw an input-output diagram. If no, give examples of two different outputs that are possible for the same input.
The square of a number is 16. Do you know the number?
A square has a perimeter of 12 cm. Do you know its area?
A rectangle has an area of 16 cm2. Do you know its length?
You are given a number. Do you know the number that is as big?
Here are the questions from the previous activity.
For the ones you said yes to, write a statement like “The height a rubber ball bounces to depends on the height it was dropped from” or “Bounce height is a function of drop height.”
For all of the ones you said no to, write a statement like “The day of the week does not determine the temperature that day” or “The temperature that day is not a function of the day of the week.”
Which input-output rules could describe the same function (if any)? Be prepared to explain your reasoning.
Let’s say we have an input-output rule that gives exactly one output for each allowable input. Then we say the output depends on the input, or the output is a function of the input.
For example, the area of a square is a function of the side length because the area can be found from the side length by squaring it. So when the input is 10 cm, the output is 100 cm2.
Sometimes we might have two different rules that describe the same function. As long as we always get the same single output from any given input, the rules describe the same function.
A function is a rule that has exactly 1 output for each possible input.
In the function , is the input and is the output. When is 5, has one value, 34.