1.2 Assignment (Module 4 Topic 1)
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8 questions
Note from the author:
Round any decimals to the hundredths place (that's two decimal places)
Round any decimals to the hundredths place (that's two decimal places)
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The number of vibrations per second of a guitar string varies inversely with its length. A guitar string that is 0.75 meters long vibrates 3.7 times per second.
What is the constant of variation?
The number of vibrations per second of a guitar string varies inversely with its length. A guitar string that is 0.75 meters long vibrates 3.7 times per second.
What is the constant of variation?
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Use the information from question #1.
If a guitar string is 1.25 meters long, how many times does it vibrate per second?
Use the information from question #1.
If a guitar string is 1.25 meters long, how many times does it vibrate per second?
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The force needed to break a board varies inversely with the length of the board. It takes 1.25 pounds of pressure to break a board that is 8 feed long.
What is the constant of variation?
The force needed to break a board varies inversely with the length of the board. It takes 1.25 pounds of pressure to break a board that is 8 feed long.
What is the constant of variation?
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Use the information from question #3
If the board is 5ft long, how many pounds of pressure are needed to break it?
Use the information from question #3
If the board is 5ft long, how many pounds of pressure are needed to break it?
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The pressure exerted by the sole of the foot of a person walking varies inversely with the area of the sole of the shoe. Each of Darlene's boots has a sole with an area of 23.2 square inches and the pressure exerted by the sole is 5 pounds per square inch.
What is the constant of variation?
The pressure exerted by the sole of the foot of a person walking varies inversely with the area of the sole of the shoe. Each of Darlene's boots has a sole with an area of 23.2 square inches and the pressure exerted by the sole is 5 pounds per square inch.
What is the constant of variation?
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Use the information from question #5
If Darlene buys a pair of shoes with a sole of area 27.5 square inches, how much pressure will be exerted per square inch?
Use the information from question #5
If Darlene buys a pair of shoes with a sole of area 27.5 square inches, how much pressure will be exerted per square inch?
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At depths greater than 900 meters, the water temperature in degrees Celsius of the Pacific Ocean varies inversely with the depth. At a depth of 3000 meters, the temperature is 1.48 degrees Celsius.
What is the constant of variation?
At depths greater than 900 meters, the water temperature in degrees Celsius of the Pacific Ocean varies inversely with the depth. At a depth of 3000 meters, the temperature is 1.48 degrees Celsius.
What is the constant of variation?
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Use the information from question #7
What depth does the water have a temperature of 2 degrees Celsius?
Use the information from question #7
What depth does the water have a temperature of 2 degrees Celsius?