Name: ______________

8.2 Focus on Functions

Linear and Nonlinear Functions

Bell Ringer
Copy and complete the table using the
equation y = 4x - 1
x
y

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Bell Ringer:
Plot the point in the coordinate plane.
Describe the location of the point.
A) (-2,3)
B) (0,4)

Linear and Nonlinear

Linear:
Nonlinear:

Increasing or Decreasing

The graphs of increasing or decreasing

________ functions rise or fall at a constant
rate.
The graphs of increasing or decreasing
_________ functions rise or fall at a rate that
is not constant.

Graph the linear function y = 2x + 3.

Is the function increasing or decreasing? Explain.

Table:

Graph the nonlinear function

Is the function increasing or decreasing?
Table:

A waiter earns wages of $50 plus 15% in tips

on food bills. Graph the waiter's income y as a
function of food bills x.
income = wages + percent for tips x food bills

Equation:
Table:
Graph on next page

Linear or
nonlinear?

Increasing
or
decreasing?

Graph of closure problem

You will
have to
go off
the paper
a little

Closure:
Graph the function -x - 2y = 6. Is the function
linear or nonlinear? Increasing or decreasing?
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Table:
x
y

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