1. Suppose Alana walks 23 kilometers.
How would you use a table to find the amount of money she gets from each
sponsor?
I would go to ________ for the ______values (independent variable), then go
___________ until I reach the _____value which will tell me the amount of
money she gets.
How would you find the amount of money she gets using a graph?
I would go over to ________ on the _____axis, then go up until I ____________
_____________, then I would go over to the ____axis where my answer will be.
2. Suppose Alana receives $60 from a sponsor.
How can you use a table to find the number of kilometers she walked.
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I would go down the column on the table that shows the ______values until I reached ___
then I would go over to the column with the _____values to show the # of km. she walked.
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How could you use a table to find the number of kilometers she walked?
I would trace _____ on the ____axis until I found the number 60, then trace _______until
I hit the line, then trace _________to the _____axis where the # of km walked will be.
B. Answer the following questions about each variable.
1.
A = 5 + 0.5(15)
What information is Alana looking for here? ________________________________
How can she find the information? ______________________________________
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2.
50 = 5 + 0.5d
What information is Alana looking for here?_______________________________
How can she find this information? _____________________________________
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C. The following equations are related to situations that you have explored. Find the solution(the
value of the variable) for each equation. Then, describe another way you can find the solution.
1.
D = 25 + 2.5 (7)
2.
70 = 25 + 2.5t
How else could you find the solution? ___________________________________________
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