3.

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Linear Equations

1. Look at the figures of the compilation of

Figure Periphery
square floor tiles below. The periphery of Number
every figure is given in the table on the right
side. 1 4
2 8
3 12
4 ........
5 ........
6 ........

Fig.1 Fig.2 Fig.3

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Fig. 4 Fig. 5 Fig. 6

a. The stacks of floor tiles above make a pattern. Draw the patterns
for figure 5 and figure 6.
b. Find the periphery of figure 4, 5, and 6.
c. Write the periphery of figure 4, 5, and 6 on the available
table.
d. From the table above, can you find the relationship between
the numbers of the figures and the periphery of the figures?

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 e. Imagine the x th figure of the pattern above, with its
periphery y. Check whether every graph meets the equation of y =
4x. Give the reason.

f. Plot every pair (x, y) in Cartesian coordinates.

g. Use the equation above to find the periphery of the 40 th

figure.

2. Water Container
A house has a water container
which is put in the front yard.
The water flows from the
container to the bathtub.
The relation of water volume
that flows the bathtub and the
flowing time is presented in
the table on the right.
Flowing Volume of water flowed
time (x) into the bath-tub (y)
minutes liters
0 2
1 7
2 12
3 17
4 22
5 27

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a. Suppose x represents the flowing time of the water, and y
represents the volume of water in the bathtub. Check whether the
flowing time of the water and the volume of the water in the
bathtub on the table above meet the equation y = 5x + 2.

b.
Draw each pair (x, y) in Cartesian coordinates.

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 c.
Draw a line through the points above.

d.
If the water flows for 10 minutes, what is the volume of water in
the bathtub?

e.
If the volume of the bathtub is 37 liters, how long does it need to
flow the water to fully fill the bathtub?

3. Ball
Wisnu rolls a ball on the floor of Rolling
a room. The table on the right time (x) Distance (y) cm
second
shows the length of time the ball 0 0
rolls and the distance it takes. 1 15
a. Suppose x is the length 2 30
of time the ball rolls, and y is 3 45
the distance. Can you
formulate the relation between
y (distance) and x (time)?

b. Plot pair (x, y) in

Cartesian coordinates.

c. Draw a line that

connect the points of the pairs
above.

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 d. Use the line in problem
c to find out the distance of
the ball from its original
position. If the ball rolled for
5 seconds, what is the
distance?

e. If the ball reaches a distance

165 cm away form its original
position, how long will the
ball roll?

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The Slope
1. Flyover Bridge
Look at the picture of a
flyover on the right. Figure
5(b) is a part of the flyover
seen from the front. The
picture can be illustrated by (a) (b)
Figure 5 (c). If AB = 8 m and
BC = 5 m, what is the slope Figure 5 C
of the flyover ?

2. An Airplane
The graph below is a model of the height of an airplane
starting from the time when it starts taking out its landing
gear out (time 0 seconds) to the time when the wheels touch
the runway.

Plot two points on the graph, for

10000
example points A and B.
Height (feet) A 60 units to the right Use the coordinates of the two
500 (30, 500)
points to find the slope.
500 units downward
a.
What is the difference of the
0 30 60 90 ordinates A and B?
Time(second) B

Figure 6 b.
What is the difference of the
abscissas A and B?

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 c. What is the slope of the line?

d. What is the meaning of

slope in this problem? Explain
your answer.

3. a. Given points A(2,-4) and B(8,-2), determine the slope of line AB.

b. Find the slope of the lines in the following graphs.

1). Y 2). Y
8 8
6 6
g M
4 4
Q l
2 2
X N
P X
-10 -8 -6 -4 0 2 4 6 8 10 -10 -8 -6 -4 0 2 4 6 8 10
-2 -212 -2 -2
-4 -4
-6 -6

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 4. a. Draw in Cartesian coordinates the lines with the following equations:
y = -x, y = x + 2, and y = -x – 2.

b. Are these three lines parallel?

c. Find the slope of each line above.

5. a. In Cartesian coordinates, draw the lines with the equations y = -2x,

y= x , and y = -2x + 2.
1
2

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b. Is the line y = -2x perpendicular to line y = x? What is the result of
1
2
the multiplication of their slopes?

c. Is the line y = -2x + 2 perpendicular to line y = x? What is the

1
2
result of the multiplication of their slopes?

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