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Acres and miles |
2016-11-30 |
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From Carolyn:
If I am running a pipeline of 1,100 miles, how many one acre plots will it take to cover this distance?
Carolyn
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Graphing a parabola |
2009-01-27 |
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From Kimberly:
I need help with this parabola: graph y=5x^2-5x-6. I am not really understanding how to graph parabolas in general. Can you help me?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Graphing two lines |
2005-11-20 |
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From A student:
About y = 5x + 24 and y = -3x - 8
1. Graph both equations on the same set of axes. When you made your graph, how did you choose the range of x and y values?
2.Find the point of intersection for the graphs.
3. Test the point of intersection you found by substituting its coordinates into the equations. Do the coordinates fit the equations exactly?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Box and Whisker plots |
2001-11-19 |
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From Rod:
In our Prealgebra course, we have been studying Box and Whisker plots. Recently, we learned how to decide whether a data point is an outlier or not. The book (Math Thematics, McDougall Littell) gave a process by which we find the interquartile range, then multiply by 1.5. We add this number to the upper quartile, and any points above this are considered to be outliers. We also subtract the number from the lower quartile for the same effect. My question: where does this 1.5 originate? Is this the standard for locating outliers, or can we choose any number (that seems reasonable, like 2 or 1.8 for example) to multiply with the Interquartile range? If it is a standard, were outliers simply defined via this process, or did statisticians use empirical evidence to suggest that 1.5 is somehow optimal for deciding whether data points are valid or not?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Finding a formula |
2000-05-05 |
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From Erica Hildebrandt:
If a farmer has a field and his plots are laid out in the following grid where each # represents a plot: | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 20 | | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 19 | | 2 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 18 | | 1 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 17 | Of course the plot numbers aren't meaningful as I have described above. In fact they may not be numbers at all. The only constants I have are the total number of rows and columns. Using the total number of rows and columns and my current position row and column, how can I write a formula that tells me column 3 row 3 = 10, column 4 row 2 = 14, etc. I can see the pattern but can't quite get the formula. I believe I will need 2 different formulas one for even and one for odd rows.
Answered by Paul Betts and Penny Nom. |
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Box and whisker plots |
2000-03-09 |
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From Brett Blake:
Do you have any information on Box and whisker graphs?
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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Quadratic Graphs |
1998-01-13 |
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From Simon Batten:
How does varying the values a,b and c affect the graph of
y=ax2 + bx + c?
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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