math vocabulary

mapping or pairing of input values with output values

the x values

the y values

when each x has exactly one y value

input variable

output values depends on the independent variable

can be written as y=mx+b or already set up as f(x)=mx+b

has two equations, both of them go to a different part of the functions domain

points on the graph of a function where there is a gap or break

a piecewise function that resembles a set of stairs

the maximums or minimums of a function

a funtion between two points (X₁,Y₁) and (X₂,Y₂) on its graph is the slope of the line through two points