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What is the definition of a parent function?

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asked Jun 14, 2016 in ALGEBRA 1 by anonymous

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A parent function is the simplest function of a family of functions.

The family of quadratic functions , the simplest function of this form is .

Graph the parent function:

The simplest parabola is .

answered Jun 15, 2016 by Anney Mentor

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