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A pictorial representation of the relationship between two or more variables |
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The point at which the axes of a graph intersect |
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A graph that shows individual points relating values of the variable on one axis to values of the variable on the other |
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The point at which a curve intersects an axis |
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The ratio of the change in the value of the variable on the vertical axis to the change in the balue of the variable on the horizontal axis measured between two points on the curve |
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Relationship that exists between two variables when the curve between them has a constant slope |
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A curve with constant slope |
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Relationship that exists between two variables when both variables move in the same direction |
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relationship that exists between two variables when the variables move in opposite directions |
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Change in the graph of a relationship between two variables that implies new values of one variable at each value of the other variable |
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Change from one point on the curve to another that occurs when the dependent variable changes in response to a change in the independent variable |
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Change in a curve that occurs when its slope changes with one point on the curve fixed |
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Relationship between two variables in which the slope of the curve showing the relationship changes as the value of one of the variables changes |
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A curve whose slope changes as the value of one of the variables changes |
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A straight line that touches, but does not intersect, a nonlinear curve at only one point |
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A graph that shows how the value of a particular variable or variables has changed over some period of time |
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