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A linear relationship 2016-10-16
From Bianca:
x represents the number of hours since 8am. y represents the number of children the school nurse has seen during the school day. The nurse has seen 3 children by 8am and 27 children by noon.
How many children has the nurse seen at 2pm?
If the nurse has seen 18 children, what time is it?

Answered by Penny Nom.
A linear relationship 2010-06-22
From Laura:
The monthly cost of driving a car depends on the number of miles driven. Lynn found that in May it cost her $300 to drive 480 miles and in June it cost her $460 to drive 800 miles.

Question: Express the monthly cost C as a function of the distance driven d, assuming that a linear relationship gives a suitable model.

Answered by Robert Dawson.
A linear relationship 2010-02-24
From Mel:
This table shows the linear relationship between an aeroplane's height (above sea level) and the outside air temperature.
h (cm) 120 340 480 600 1040

T (degrees C)

14.28 12.96 12.12 11.4 8.76
Find the gradient and vertical intercept of the function. Write the formula for T.

Answered by Penny Nom.
Find an expression for the nth term 2009-02-20
From Dawn:
Find an expression for the nth term:

x= 1 2 3 4...n
y=11 8 5 2...?

I think it's a linear relation but don't know the equation that goes with it.

Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
 
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