Chapter 2 Appendix

GRAPHISH: THE
LANGUAGE OF GRAPHS

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Number Lines
40
30
20
10 B
A 0
-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
- 10
- 20
Horizontal number line
- 30
- 40
Vertical number line
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Coordinate System
40

30
B
(1, 20)
20

10 A
(4, 5)
0
1 2 3 4 5

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From Table to Graph

Price of pens (in dollars)

Price of Quantity
$3.00 A
pens of pens
2.50 B
A $3.00 4
C
B $2.50 5 2.00
D
C $2.00 6 1.50
1.00 E
D $1.50 7
E $1.00 8 .50
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Quantity of pens bought

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Linear and Nonlinear Curves

$6 $6

Price (in dollars)

Price (in dollars)

5 5

4 4
3 3

2 2

1 1

0 10 20 30 40 0 10 20 30 40
Quantity Quantity

Linear Curve Nonlinear Curve

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Slopes of Curves
10 c
Slope = 1
9 d
8 Rise = 1 A Slope = 4
Run = 1
7 Slope = - 4
6 Rise = - 4 Rise = 4
5
4 B
Run = 1 Run = 1 e
3 Slope = -0.5 L
Rise = -1 a
2 Slope = 1
Run = 2 b E
1 Rise =1
0 e Run = 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

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Inverse and Direct Relationships

Inverse relationship: Direct relationship:

When X goes up, Y goes down When X goes up, Y goes up
When X goes down, Y goes up When X goes down, Y goes down

X X

Y Y

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Maximum and Minimum Points

Maximum
Slope = 0
A

B
Slope = 0
Minimum

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Equations and Graphs

10
Y • A linear graph can be
9 expressed as an equation
8 in the form y = mx + b
7 where m is the slope and b
is the vertical intercept.
6
• The slope of the blue line
5
is 8/-4 = - 2 and the
4 intercept is 8, so the
3 equation is y = - 2x + 8.
• The slope of the red line is
2
8/-8. The intercept is 8, so
1 its equation is y = -x + 8.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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Presenting Information Visually

(a) Line graph (b) Bar graph (c) Pie chart

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