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VCE 11 General 2023

9.01 Non-linear relations

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Linear and non-linear relationships
1

State whether the graphs below represent a nonlinear relationship between x and y:

a
-8
-6
-4
-2
2
4
6
8
x
-60
-55
-50
-45
-40
-35
-30
-25
-20
-15
-10
-5
5
y
b
-4
-3
-2
-1
1
2
3
4
x
-4
-3
-2
-1
1
2
3
4
y
2

Consider the table of values below:

a

Is revenue changing at a constant rate?

b

Is the relationship between time and revenue linear or nonlinear?

Time12345
Revenue514253647
3

Consider the table of values for y = 2 x^{2}. Complete the missing values in the table.

x-3-2-10123
y1820218
4

Consider the table of values for

y = 2 x^{2} - x. Complete the missing values in the table.

x-3-2-10123
y213016
5

Consider the function y = 2 x^{2}.

a

Complete the table of values.

b

Does y = 2 x^{2} represent a linear or nonlinear relationship?

x012345
y
Quadratic functions
6

For each of the following functions:

i

Complete a table of values of the form:

x-2-1012
y
ii

Sketch the graph on a number plane.

a
y = - \dfrac{1}{2} x^{2}
b
y = 3 x^{2}
c
y = - 2 x^{2}
d
y = \dfrac{1}{2} x^{2}
e
y = -\dfrac{1}{4} x^{2}
7

Consider the function y = x^{2}.

a

Complete the table of values:

x-2-1012
y
b

Sketch the graph on a number plane.

c

Are the y values ever negative?

d

What is the minimum y value?

e

Write down the equation of the axis of symmetry.

8

Consider the equation y = - x^{2}.

a

Complete the table of values:

x-2-1012
y
b

Sketch the graph on a number plane.

c

Are the y values ever positive?

d

What is the maximum y value?

e

Write down the equation of the axis of symmetry.

9

Vincent is training for a remote control plane aerobatics competition. He wants to fly the plane along the path of a parabola, and so has chosen the equation y = 3 x^{2}, where y is the height in meters of the plane from the ground, and x is the horizontal distance in meters of the plane from its starting point.

a

Complete the following table of values of the height and distance.

x\text{ (m)}01234
y\text{ (m)}
b

Plot the shape of the path of the plane.

c

State the lowest height of the plane.

d

State the x value that corresponds to this minimum y value.

e

State the coordinates of the vertex.

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U2.AoS3.5

model non-linear data by using suitable transformations

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