October 28, 2015

Using Functions to
Model Real World Problems

The Forgotten Homework

Erin walks to school 600 yards
everyday. One day when she was
halfway to school, she realized she
forgot her homework. She ran all
the way back home to get it.
Knowing she might be late, she
rode her bicycle back to school.

Draw a graph to
represent her story

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Use the following axes to model

Erin's story:
Distance from home

600

300

Time

The last example

was an example
of a distance/
time graph, here
is an example of
a velocity/time
graph

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The graph
represents the path
of a ball after it is
thrown from 12 feet
above the ground.
a) What is
maximum height
of the ball?
b) When does the
ball hit the
ground?

Class Practice:

The graph represents how far a person is from home

during a car trip.
a) After how many hours are you 80 miles from home?
b) What might be happening between t = 2 and t = 4?
c) What does the negative slope represent from t = 4 to t =
5?
d) Can we use one equation to model this graph?

The graph represents the speed of an object.

a) Does the horizontal line from t = 3 to t = 5 represent the same
situation as the horizontal line from t = 2 to t = 4 in the prior graph?
b) Where is the slope greater: from t = 0 to t = 2 OR t = 2 to t = 3?
c) What does a steeper slope in this graph represent?
d) What does a negative slope represent from t = 5 to t = 6?

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Click the graphs for the solutions!

Solutions:

Solutions:

a) 2

a) No, in this graph it means speed isn't changing.

b) At your destination

b) t=2 to t= 3

c) Going back home

c) Accelerating at a faster rate

d) No

d) Slowing down

What does the graph of a ferris wheel ride look like?

Distance from the ground

Time

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Time for a SHOUT OUT!

What is Tom doing??

Shout out:

"Tom walks his dog"

OR "Tom rides his bike" OR "Tom went for a jog"

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For additional class activities and practice see the attached files:
1) Story of Graphs
2) Functions & Applications
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