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ALGEBRA AND SCARY MOVIES
1. Read the attached article entitled, “Shining named perfect scary movie”
2. After reading the article, please answer the following questions:
A. What one thing makes a movie scary to you?
B. Before reading this article, did you ever think that an algebraic equation
could be used to calculate how scary a movie is?
C. If the movie industry started rating scary movies based on this formula,
would that increase your chances of seeing that movie?
D. List three of the variables used in this formula and write what they
represent
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E. (Extra Credit) Using just three variables, write a simple algebraic formula
that calculates how funny a movie is. Make your own variables based on
what you think make a movie funny. (for example: jks = number of jokes
told or ls = number of times that you laughed)