Algebra 2 8-1 Complete Lesson: Inverse Variation
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Note from the author:
A complete formative lesson with embedded slideshow, mini lecture screencasts, checks for understanding, practice items, mixed review, and reflection. I create these assignments to supplement each lesson of Pearson's Common Core Edition Algebra 1, Algebra 2, and Geometry courses. See also mathquest.net and twitter.com/mathquestEDU.
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Solve It! You have 20 bags of mulch. You plan to spread the mulch from all the bags to make a rectangular layer that is 3-in. thick.
How many square feet can you cover? If l and w represent the length and width of the rectangle in feet, what equation relates l and w? Justify your reasoning.
Solve It! You have 20 bags of mulch. You plan to spread the mulch from all the bags to make a rectangular layer that is 3-in. thick.
How many square feet can you cover?
If l and w represent the length and width of the rectangle in feet, what equation relates l and w?
Justify your reasoning.
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Problem 1 Got It? Classify each table as representing a direct variation, an inverse variation, or neither. Identify the function model for the direct and inverse variations. NOTE: Any model that is neither direct variation nor direct variation will not have a function model.
Problem 1 Got It? Classify each table as representing a direct variation, an inverse variation, or neither. Identify the function model for the direct and inverse variations.
NOTE: Any model that is neither direct variation nor direct variation will not have a function model.
- Direct variation
- Inverse variation
- Neither
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Problem 2 Got It? Suppose x and y vary inversely, and x = 8 when y = -7. Drag the appropriate item from the left to respond to each question on the right.
Problem 2 Got It? Suppose x and y vary inversely, and x = 8 when y = -7.
Drag the appropriate item from the left to respond to each question on the right.
- -56
- 26
- -28
- What is the function that models the inverse variation?
- What does the graph of this function look like?
- What is y when x = 2?
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Problem 3 Got It? After a major storm, your math calss volunteers to remove debris from yards. The table shows the time t in minutes that it takes a group of n students to remove the debris from an average-sized yard.
What function models the time needed to clear the debris from an average-sized yard relative to the number of students who do the work?
Problem 3 Got It? After a major storm, your math calss volunteers to remove debris from yards. The table shows the time t in minutes that it takes a group of n students to remove the debris from an average-sized yard.
What function models the time needed to clear the debris from an average-sized yard relative to the number of students who do the work?
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Problem 3 Got It? After a major storm, your math calss volunteers to remove debris from yards. The table shows the time t in minutes that it takes a group of n students to remove the debris from an average-sized yard?
How many students should there be to clear debris from an average-sized yard in at most 25 minutes?
Problem 3 Got It? After a major storm, your math calss volunteers to remove debris from yards. The table shows the time t in minutes that it takes a group of n students to remove the debris from an average-sized yard?
How many students should there be to clear debris from an average-sized yard in at most 25 minutes?
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Problem 4 Got It? The number of bags of mulch you need to cover a planting area varies jointly with the area to be mulched a in square feet and the depth of the mulch d in feet. If you need 10 bags to mulch 120 ft2 to a depth of 3 in., how many bags do you need to mulch 200 ft2 to a depth of 4 in.?
Problem 4 Got It? The number of bags of mulch you need to cover a planting area varies jointly with the area to be mulched a in square feet and the depth of the mulch d in feet. If you need 10 bags to mulch 120 ft2 to a depth of 3 in., how many bags do you need to mulch 200 ft2 to a depth of 4 in.?
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Problem 5 Got It? How much potential energy would a 41-kg diver have standing on a 10-m diving platform?
Problem 5 Got It? How much potential energy would a 41-kg diver have standing on a 10-m diving platform?
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Problem 5 Got It? An 80-kg diver stands on a 6-m diving platform. At what height should a 40-kg diver stand to have equal potential energy? Do you need to find the potential energy of either diver to solve this? Explain.
Problem 5 Got It? An 80-kg diver stands on a 6-m diving platform. At what height should a 40-kg diver stand to have equal potential energy? Do you need to find the potential energy of either diver to solve this? Explain.
- 6 m
- 9 m
- 10 m
- 12 m
- Yes. You must calculate the potential energy of both divers in order to determine at what height of the second diver their PE will be equivalent.
- No. You don't need to calculate the potential energy of either diver in order to determine at what height of the second diver the PE will be equivalent.
- At what height should a 40-kg diver stand to have equal potential energy?
- Do you need to find the potential energy of either diver to solve this?
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Is the relationship between the variables in the table a direct variation, an inverse variation, or neither? What equation models the direct or inverse variation?
Is the relationship between the variables in the table a direct variation, an inverse variation, or neither? What equation models the direct or inverse variation?
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Is the relationship between the variables in the table a direct variation, an inverse variation, or neither? What equation models the direct or inverse variation?
Is the relationship between the variables in the table a direct variation, an inverse variation, or neither? What equation models the direct or inverse variation?
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Writing: Describe how the pairs in the left column are related based on the equation below.
Writing: Describe how the pairs in the left column are related based on the equation below.
- p and s
- p and qrt
- Vary jointly
- Vary inversely
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Error Analysis: A student described the relationship between the variables in the equation below as d varies directly with r and inversely with t. Correct the error in relating the variables.
Error Analysis: A student described the relationship between the variables in the equation below as d varies directly with r and inversely with t. Correct the error in relating the variables.
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Review Lesson 7-6: Solve each equation. Match a solution from the left with each equation on the right.
Review Lesson 7-6: Solve each equation. Match a solution from the left with each equation on the right.
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Review Lesson 6-2: Multiply and simplify. Match a simplified expression from the left with each expression on the right.
Review Lesson 6-2: Multiply and simplify. Match a simplified expression from the left with each expression on the right.
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Review Lesson 2-7: Match a description from the left with each equation on the right to describe how the equation is a transformation of the parent function y = |x|.
Review Lesson 2-7: Match a description from the left with each equation on the right to describe how the equation is a transformation of the parent function y = |x|.
- Translate left 2 units.
- Translate right 2 units.
- Translate up 2 units.
- Translate down 2 units.
- Stretch horizontally by a factor of 2.
- Stretch vertically by a factor of 2.
- y = |x| + 2
- y = |x + 2|
- y = 2|x|
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Vocabulary Review: Which expression(s) do NOT contain a constant term?
Vocabulary Review: Which expression(s) do NOT contain a constant term?
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Use Your Vocabulary: Use the true and false boxes on the left to tag each statement on the right.
Use Your Vocabulary: Use the true and false boxes on the left to tag each statement on the right.
- true
- false
- As the radius of a pizza increases, the circumference of the pizza also increases. This relationship represents a direct variation.
- As the number of miles a car is driven increases, the number of gallons of gas in the car's tank decreases. This relationship represents an inverse variation.
- As the number of pages in a book increases, the weight of the book increases. This relationship represents an inverse variation.
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Notes: Take a clear picture or screenshot of your Cornell notes for this lesson. Upload it to the canvas. Zoom and pan as needed.
For a refresher on the Cornell note-taking system, click here.
Notes: Take a clear picture or screenshot of your Cornell notes for this lesson. Upload it to the canvas. Zoom and pan as needed.
For a refresher on the Cornell note-taking system, click here.
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Reflection: Math Success
Reflection: Math Success
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