(Thursday) Proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations.

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4 questions
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Analyze and describe linear relationships between two variables, using slope.
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Complete the table below with the number of minutes it took for 9 centimeters of rain to fall and the number of centimeters of rain that fell through 150 minutes.

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Write an equation to describe the relationship between the time (t), in minutes, and the amount of rain (r), in centimeters.

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Describe the change in the slope between the first 180 minutes and the following 100 minutes, and explain what it means in terms of the total amount of rainfall.

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After 280 minutes, the slope of the graph is 0. Explain what a slope of 0 means in this situation.

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