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Relate the application to the specific graph (line, parabola, hyperbola, exponential).
Describe the characteristics of each application as related to the graph.

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The solution includes examples of each kind of graph (line, parabola, hyperbola, exponential) and websites where you can find pictures and additional examples.

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Attached is a word file with "real-life" examples of a line, a parabola, a hyperbola, and an exponential function. I've included pictures of each graph, and websites where I found the examples.

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http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/emt668/EMAT6680.Folders/Barron/unit/Lesson%204/4.html

An example of a linear graph is the graph formed by plotting amount of a flat tax paid against income (blue line in the picture). A flat tax is a set percentage of someone's income (say 30%). In that case the amount of taxes paid (y) is related to income (x) by the following equation:

y = ...

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