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Graphs of Linear Equations Reading Graphs

What you should know: The consistent and even spacing on a number line is called the scale of the number line. Often, data is presented visually in a bar chart, a line graph, or in a scatter plot. The input values are plotted on the horizontal, or x! axis. The output values are plotted on the vertical, or y!axis. To determine the scale of an axis, look at the data or the points and nd the smallest and largest values that need to be plotted on that axis. Make sure that the scale you select will include both the smallest and largest values. We often scale by numbers such as 1, 2, 5, or 10 because it is easy to count by these numbers. We usually scale the axes so that between 10 and 20 values appears on one axis. In a bar graph, the input (x) values are plotted on the horizontal axis spaced an even distance apart. The output (y) values are represented by the height of each bar. The vertical axis is will be scaled to represent the heights of the bars. In a line graph, we do not use bars to represent the heights. We draw a dot for each height, and then connect the dots with a line. A point is written in the form (x, y). The input value, or x, is always written rst, reading left to right. The output value, or y, is always written second (reading left to right). For example, in the pair (2, 3) we have that x=2 and y=3. Another way to remember this is that the pair is given in alphabetical order, reading left to right. Points of the form (x, y) are also called ordered pairs or coordinates. The word order refers to the fact that the order matters in the pair. The point (2, 3) is NOT the same as (3, 2). A linear equation in two variables has the form Ax + By = C. This equation graphs as a straight line. A solution to a linear equation in two variables is an ordered pair (x, y). When both values of x and y are substituted in the equation, both sides of the equation are equal (the equation is true). For example, the point (2, 3) is a solution of the equation -3x + 2y = 0 . To see this, we substitute the point (2, 3) into the equation and simplify both sides.
! ! ! -3x + 2y = 0 Let x = 2 and y = 3. -3(2) + 2(3) = 0 0=0

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Sometimes ordered pairs are written in a table. The points (2, 3), (!3, 5), and (6, !1) are written in the table below. " x |y " 2 |3 " !3 | 5 " 6 | !1 We graph points on the xy!plane, which is called the Cartesian coordinate system.

Graphing Linear Equations in Two Variables

What you should know: To nd a solution to a linear equation in two variables, substitute the given value of the variable into the equation. Then solve for the other variable. Write the solution as a point, or an ordered pair, (x, y). Linear equations in two variables graph as straight lines. One way to graph a linear equation is to create a table of values (ordered pairs), graph the points and then connect them with a straight line. To graph a linear equation, graph at least 3 points. Ask your instructor if they want you to graph more. The x!intercept is the point where the line crosses the x!axis. To nd the x!intercept, substitute y = 0 into the equation and solve for x. Write the point as (x, 0) . The y!intercept is the point where the line crosses the y!axis. To nd the y!intercept, substitute x = 0 into the equation and solve for y. Write the point as (0, y) . A linear equation in two variables can also be graphed by nding and plotting the intercepts, then connecting the points with a straight line. A line that passes through the origin, the point (0, 0), has the same x! and y!intercepts. If a line goes through the origin, you will need to nd and graph one more point than (0, 0). An equation of the form x = k , where k is any real number, graphs as a vertical line. An equation of the form y = b where b is any real number, graphs as a horizontal line.

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Deconstructing Word Problems

1. Phoebe spends 2 hours training for an upcoming race. She runs full speed at 8 miles per hour for the race distance; then she walks back to her starting point at 2 miles per hour. How long does she spend walking? How long does she spend running? a. What is the problem talking about?

b. What is the problem asking you to find?

c. What is a good strategy to solve?

2. A train leaves the city at 2 p.m. A second train leaves the city at 8 p.m. and follows the rst train. The second train's speed is 162 miles per hour faster than the rst train's. If the second train overtakes the rst train at 10 p.m., what are the speeds of the two trains? a. What is the problem talking about?

b. What is the problem asking you to find?

c. What is a good strategy to solve?

3. Three fourths of a number is negative 12. What is the number? Represent your approach to solving this problem in as many ways as possible.

a. What is the problem talking about?

b. What is the problem asking you to find?

c. What is a good strategy to solve?

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4. Leonard earned the following chapter test scores during the first semester of freshman year: 78, 65, 92, 90, 82, 75. He would like to have a test average of 90%. If he has one test left to take, can he earn an average of 90%? Explain your reasoning. a. What is the problem talking about?

b. What is the problem asking you to find?

c. What is a good strategy to solve?

5. $1400 is divided between two accounts. One account pays 3% interest, while the other pays 4% interest. At the end of one interest period, the interest earned was $50. How much was invested in each account? a. What is the problem talking about?

b. What is the problem asking you to find?

c. What is a good strategy to solve?

6. After one interest period, the interest earned on a $7000 investment exceeds the interest earned on a $5000 investment by $160. The interest rate for the $7000 investment is 1.6% greater than the interest rate for the $5000 investment. Find the interest rates for the two investments.C procedure. a. What is the problem talking about?

b. What is the problem asking you to find?

c. What is a good strategy to solve?

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JIG-SAW
Part 1: In your numbered groups, you were assigned some written expressions below. Please use this table to translate the written expressions into mathematical expressions.

Expression Translation One more than a number Times Product One less than a number Consecutive integers Result Two times its square Lengthened

Expression Is Square of a number Minus Twice the number Area of a triangle Greater than Slope Di!erence

Translation

Try This: Translate to an equation and solve. 1. The product of one more than a number and one less than the number is eight. 2. The square of a number minus twice the number is 48. Find the number.

3. The product of two consecutive integers is 156. Find the integers.

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4. The area of the foresail on a 12-meter racing yacht is 93.75 square meters. The sails height is 8.75 meters greater than its base. Find its base and height.

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THEIR DEFINITION VS. MY DEFINITION

Key Term / Key Phrase

Translation into Your Own Words

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Key Term / Key Phrase

Translation into Your Own Words

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MATH JOURNAL PROMPTS

1. Megan challenged Amanda to nd the larger quantity without using a calculator or computing it with paper and pencil. Which is larger: 69 or 96? How do you know? 69 is the larger amount. Students may have various ways of determining which one is larger.

2. Courtney said she could use the distributive property of multiplication over addition to help her multiply mixed numbers. Here is what she wrote: 3 2/3 x 4 1/2 = (3 x 4) + (2/3 x 1/2) = 12 + 1/3 = 121/3 Is her method correct? Why or why not? Her method is not correct. She did not apply the distributive property appropriately. Thus her product is too small.

3. Myrna says all numbers have reciprocals. Nicky disagrees. Who is right? Why do you think so? Not all numbers have reciprocals. Nicky is correct. Zero does not have a reciprocal.

4. Jensen said, The square root of a number is always smaller than the radicand. What do you think? Why? This is not true. As one counterexample, the square root of one-fourth is one-half. One-half is greater than one-fourth.

5. Kevala noticed that 7/ sqrt(7) is equal to sqrt(70. How can you explain this? The original fraction was multiplied by sqrt(7) / sqrt(7) or 1 to obtain the radical.

6. Chester wrote sqrt(25) = 5. Lester wrote that sqrt(25) is impossible. Who is right? Why? Chester is incorrect because 5 raised to the second power would be 25.Lester is correct if imaginary numbers cannot be used.

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LEVELS OF WORD KNOWLEDGE PART1 PRE-ACTIVITY/BEGINNING UNIT ACTIVITY

Level
! Got It !

Criteria
Meaning is easily, rapidly and automatically recognized after some thought Basic meaning is recognized, after some thought Meaning is completely unfamiliar

Example
Glasses

Somewhat

Stunnas

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Astigmatism

? ! Got It ! Unknown ? Somewhat Addition Product Coe"cient Point of Intersection Solution Parallel Coincide y=mx+b Equal Value Method Ordered Pair Graph Substitution Method Variable System of Equations

Example

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Standard Form Elimination Method Linear Equation let statement Mathematical sentences

LEVELS OF WORD KNOWLEDGE PART 2 AFTER UNIT ACTIVITY

Level
! Got It !

Criteria
Meaning is easily, rapidly and automatically recognized after some thought Basic meaning is recognized, after some thought Meaning is completely unfamiliar

Example
Glasses

Somewhat

Stunnas

? Unknown ?

Astigmatism

? ! Got It ! Unknown ? Somewhat Addition Product Coe"cient Point of Intersection Solution Parallel Coincide y=mx+b Equal Value Method

Example

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Ordered Pair Graph Substitution Method Variable System of Equations Standard Form Elimination Method Linear Equation let statement Mathematical sentences

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