http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/players/3707/
Part A: Using the table I found from Sports Illustrated of Chris Bosh's career stats for the past 11 seasons/years, I am going to examine the relationship between year and points per game (PPG) over the past 11 years. This relationship represents a function because each input does not have more than one output. The function is not linear because the rate of change at each interval is not constant (ex: r.o.c between year/season 1 and 2 is 5.3 PPG/yr. and the r.o.c between year/season 2 and 3 is 5.7 PPG/yr.). The function is not a mathematical model because PPG is not impacted by the year/season.
Part B: I am having a lot of difficulty trying to find a periodical that includes a graph, table, or formula for a relationship that is not a function but I can say that something that has multiple outputs cannot have more than one input...in this instance the graphed function would not pass the vertical line test. Real world examples of this could be the relationship between package weight and postage cost. It is not a function because a specific postage cost (input) can have mail packages of different weights (output).
Very interesting article you found, however it would have been nice that you would have put a bit more examples and a small explanation so that we could understand it better.
ReplyDeletePart B was hard for me too, it took a lot of thinking outside the box to come up with an example that would work for that! I like what did for Part A, I don't know much about sports but i could see what you were saying for the most part.
ReplyDeleteArticles for part B are not easy to find but you can try articles which might have topics to do with age relating to something else. At least two people are bound to have the same age, making it not a function. I didn't use that because I just thought of it haha...
ReplyDeleteI used the Economist for part B and I found it helpful. I understand what you are saying for part A and you did well explaining the graph and its relationship.
ReplyDeletei struggled so much with part b and i ended up choosing an article from the new york times
ReplyDeleteremy,
ReplyDeleteyour first example was great! good job! yes, i understand that the second part of the assignment was challenging. as jess said, you really do have to think outside of the box.
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