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Ever wonder if you can trust the pump that pumps your gas? Budding mathematicians use video evidence to analyze the cost-per-gallon ratio at different intervals for three different pumps. Their goal is to identify the pump that is inaccurate.
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Instructional Ideas
- Challenge early finishers to write the function that represents the graph for each pump; check their work on Desmos
- Have pupils collect data from a gas pump when they get their own gas to analyze
Classroom Considerations
- Requires access to Desmos or similar graphing software
- Expects an understanding of unit rate and/or direct variation equations
- This content requires Adobe Flash to view
Pros
- Encourages using multiple representations of the data
- Provides additional questions to answer using the data in the video
Cons
- None