I forgot about the scribe, the next one will be Cachel.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Okay, so the beginning of class we talked about how the y-intercept is the point where the line crosses the y axis. Slope is rise over run, but what the slop means depends on the question. For example, the yearbook question that we did, the slope equaled 12, which meant that a yearbook costs 12 dollars. Or the taxi question we did, where the slope equaled 1, that meant that the taxi costs $1 per km. Then we went on and talked about the question we started on friday about the antibacterial spray. The first thing we had to do with that question was set it up. First you plot all the points on your calculator by pressing STAT then press ENTER. Then you just add all of the number of hours (x) in the first list, and the number of bacteria (y) in the second list. The first two questions ask you to find the slope, the y-intercept and what they mean/represent. To answer this, you have to use a linear regression equation. To do this you press STAT and then the right arrow key to slide over to CALC, then you press 4 to get LinReg(ax+b) on the home screen. Once you have that you press 2nd and 1 (it's for the first list you entered number of hours in) then press the comma key, which is just above the number 7, then press 2nd and 2 (for the second list). Then you will put another comma and press VARS arrow key right to get to Y-VARS then press ENTER, and press ENTER again. For the first question, you need to find the slope, if your on the home screen with your linear regression equation showing press ENTER and you will see your slope and your y-intercept. Your slope is a and your y-intercept is b. The slope that you should see is -4.9. It means that the bacteria decreases more and more and time goes on. The next question askes what the y-intercept is and what it represents. If you look it should be 99.14, and that is how many bacteria is there before they sprayed there antibacterial spray. The next question you have to write out the equation, which will be Y=-4.93+99.14, but you want it more realistic, so you would write it as N(h)= -4.93+99.14. (N meaning number of bacteria, and h meaning hours.) The next question asks after how many hours would 25 bacteria be present? To answer this question, press GRAPH. If you need to adjust your window, then press WINDOW.
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Thursday, December 4, 2008
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Monday, November 17, 2008
hiiiiiii
Soo,,, I'm having trouble with the geometry stuff, like the whole thing.
Trigonometry is pretty easy, I think, don't exactly remember.
And, with relations and functions, I think I kinda get it, if we go over it a bit more.
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