Thursday, April 30, 2009

Linear Relationships

1) Miss Slawinski shops online 3 times per day.

Independent variable: Days
Dependent variable: Times shopped
Equasion: d=days, t=times shopped t=3d
Graph: Starts at (0,0) and continues to increase at a constant rate of 3 times shopped per day

3) Mr. Greig assigns atlas work 6 times a month.

Independent variable: Months
Dependent variable: Assigned atlases
Equasion: m=months, a=assigned atlases a=6m
Graph: Starts at (0,0) and continues to increase at a constant rate of 6 assigned atlases per month

5) Mr. Buchman puts $200 on his checking account and then spends $10 per day for lunch.

Independent variable: Days
Dependent variable: money spent per day
Equasion: d=per day, m=money spent, t=total money t=$200-md
Graph:Starts at $200 and decreases at a steady rate

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