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How Do You Graph a Relation From a Table?
Just a couple of ways to look at some data regarding basketball free throw percentages for a specific player. Make a table and a coordinate axes graph. Plot the ordered pairs to get a nice visual to take a look at the data. Watch this...
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How Do You Use the Graph of a Linear Equation to Solve a Word Problem?
There are rabbits, rabbits, rabbits everywhere. Not this group of rabbits. Use a table to find some x and y values to create a graph to solve this word problem. It's a rather peculiar word problem in that it is trying to find when a...
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How Do You Use the Vertical Line Test to Figure Out if a Graph is a Function?
How does the vertical line test help you decide if the graph of an equation is a function? The instructor draws a graph and then draws the line of the equation. She demonstrates how to use the vertical line test to determine if the graph...
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How Do You Make an Approximate Graph From a Word Problem?
The instructor illustrates an approximate graph to plot the terms of this word problem. There are several parts on this graph that need to be identified before plotting. The instructor does a good job explaining the word problem as she...
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What is a Plane?
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Superman. No, it's really a plane. A plane is named by identifying three points with the exception that they do not form a straight line. A plane can also be identified by a single letter naming it. The...
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How Do You Use the Vertical Line Test to Figure Out if a Graph is a Function?
How does the vertical line test help you decide if the graph of an equation is a function? The instructor draws a graph and then draws the line of the equation. She demonstrates how to use the vertical line test to determine if the graph...
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What is the Coordinate Plane?
Just a quick diagram and explanation of the parts of the coordinate plane. You might want to remind your class to put arrows on the ends of the x-axis and the y-axis, as these lines go on forever.