"parent function"

There is no such thing as a "parent function." Recently, with increased use of graphing calculators and transformation geometry, math educators have called the most basic functions [those listed on the face of the calculator and some others] parent functions. Functions which include or are derived from these functions are called related functions. EX. Notice that the functions

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