Question

Which of the following is not an example of a parent function?

A.y=x^4

B.y=1/x

C.y = |x|

D.y = x + 2

Answer 1

y = x ^4; y = 1/x and y = | x | are parent functions.
D ) y = x + 2 is not a parent function. The parent function is a linear function:
y = x.