AshleyIndrieri

DavidCorner
IntegratedMath3
9/18/16

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limitherc allstimesfrom8pmto9pm.Alongwiththis,thep arentso fLeighs
friendsadoptedthes amerules.Tos preadnewsq uicklytheyd ecidedthatthey
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Mikeandtellhimtheimportantgossipatexactly8:00,allowingo nlythreeminutes
fortheirc onversation,thenat8:03Leighwillc allDianewhileMikec allsAnaMay.
Aftertheyreallfinishedtalkingb y8:06,theywillc ontinuethisp rocessuntil9:00.
Ourtaskwastofindo uthowmanyo fLeigh'sfriendsc ouldhearthenewsb y9:00.

ThewayIfirsts tartedthisp roblemwasb ywritingd ownwhatIknew,and

thatwastwicethep eopleasb eforeknewtheinformation.Oncethatwaswritten
downIs tartedtod othemathuntil9o clock.Iadded3minuteseverytimetothe
timeandthentimesedthep reviousnumbero fp eoplethatheardthenewsb ytwo.
Afterd oingthatuntil9o clockIfigureo utthats hehad1,048,576friendswho
knewtheinformation/gossip.Afterd oingthatIthoughtthattheremustb ean
equationthatwouldmakethewholep roblemalots implertos olve,b yc reatinganx
andytableIwasabletofigureo uttheequationy=x*2. Ymeaningthenumberso f
receiverso ftheinformationand Xmeaningthenumbero fc allers.

Mys olutiontothep roblemwasthatb y9o clock1,048,576o fLeighs

friendswouldveheardtheinformation.T heequationthatIc ameupwithwas
y=x*2. Ymeaningthenumbero freceiverso ftheinformationand Xmeaning
thenumbero fc allers.

Avariationyouc and otothep roblemislettingthetimeb efrom8o clockto

10o clock,youc aneasilyfigurethiso utb yusingmys olutiono fy=x*2.Heres
howitlooksallfiguredo uto np aper.

WhatIlearnedfromthisp roblemwashowtoreadandanalyzetextintoa
workingmathp roblem,Ialsolearnedhowtoc reateanequationformyp roblem,
andhowtoextendthep roblemb eyond.T hewayIreadandanalyzedthetextintoa
workingmathp roblemwasb yreadingthetextandatfirstfiguringo utwhatthetext
wastryingtotellme,b ecausetheanswersareallinthewordingo fthep roblem.
OnceIfiguredo utfromthetextthattwicethep eoplefromb eforeknewthe
information,itwaseasiertofigureo utandmakeitintoaworkingmathp roblemthat
Ic ouldfigureo ut.Ilearnedhowtoc reateanequationformyp roblemb yc reating
an Xand Ytable,s eeingthep attern,andp uttingtheinformationintoay=mx+b
formula.T henIfigureo uthowtousemyequationtoextendmyp roblemfromjust
beingfrom8o clockto9o clocktob eing8o clockto10o clock.T hetwo
HOHAMs,habitso famathematician,thatIusedwere Lookforp atternsand
Visualize.Ilookedforp atternsb ywritingo uttheanswerands eeinghowfor
every3minutesthatwentb y2morep eopleknewtheinformationthenb efore.T he
wayIvisualizedwasb yd rawingo utmyanswer,throughaninando uttableand
alsojustb ywritingo utthewholep roblem.Overall,IthinkId eserveateno uto ften
becauseIexplainedeverythingthoroughlyandc learlytowhereanyonereadingit
wouldb eabletounderstandhowtod othep roblemandgetthec orrectanswers.
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howtod othep roblem.