SAT II Math I : Properties of Functions and Graphs

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for SAT II Math I

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Example Question #2 : Slope

What is the slope of the following equation?  

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The given equation will need to be rewritten in slope intercept format.

Divide by two on both sides.

Rearrange the right side by order of powers.

The slope can be seen as 

The answer is:  

Example Question #1 : Slope

What is the slope of the given equation?  

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The slope in a linear equation is defined as .

The x-variable exists in the denominator, which refers to the parent function of:

This function is not linear, and will have changing slope along its domain.

The answer is:  

Example Question #1 : Maximum And Minimum

What is the vertex of the following function? Is it a maximum or a minimum?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The equation of a parabola can be written in vertex form

where  is the vertex and  determines if it is a minimum or maximum. If is positive, then it is a minimum; if is negative, then it is a maximum.

In this example, is negative, so the vertex is a maximum.

and

 

 

Example Question #1 : Maximum And Minimum

Determine the maximum or minimum of .

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Rewrite the equation by the order of powers.

This is a parabola in standard form:  

Determine the values of  to the vertex formula.

Since the leading coefficient of the parabola is negative, the parabola will curve downward and will have a maximum point.  

Therefore there is a maximum at,

 .

 

 

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