Pre-Algebra, 8-5 pg.

396

12 in
9. increase of 1 ft

1 C
10. decrease of 100 m

2 F
11. decrease of 1 min

50 miles
12. increase of 1 hour

13. Answers vary. SAMPLE: The population of wild condors

decreased from 1966 to 1990. Then it increased from 1990
to 1996. The population of condors in captivity increased
slowly from 1966 to 1982, then increased more rapidly from
1982 to 1996.

14. y = 2x 15. y = - 5x

3
16. y=
8
x 17. y = 0.75 x