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 Everyday Situations : Sketch a Graph to model each of the following situations.
Label The X and Y Axis

A: Candle

Each hour a candle burns down

the same amount.

x = the number of hours that

have elapsed.
y = the height of the candle in
inches.
 Everyday Situations : Sketch a Graph to model each of the following situations.
Label The X and Y Axis

C: Bus

A group of people rent a bus for

a day. The total cost of the bus
is shared equally among the
passengers.

x = the number of passengers.

y = the cost for each passenger

in dollars.
 Everyday Situations : Sketch a Graph to model each of the following situations.
Label The X and Y Axis

D: Car value

My car loses about half of its

value each year.

x = the time that has elapsed in

years.
y = the value of my car in
dollars.
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Connect to your own life:
What’s something interesting What is a situation from your life
you learned today? that you could create a graph
from?