BLOG #4

Slope/rate of change
1. What does the slope of a line represent? THE RATE OF CHANGE
2. How do you find the slope of a line given the equation? Given the graph? SOLVE FOR "M" WHICH IS THE SLOPE BY FINDING THE Y INTERCEPT.
3. Why can slope be interpreted as a rate of change? IT DETERMINES WHAT "Y" IN Y=MX+B IS.

x and y intercepts
4. How does identifying the x and y-intercepts of a linear equation help you graph the line? IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY THE X AND Y INTERCEPTS THEN YOU CAN FIND THE POINTS ON THE GRAPH AND CONNECT THE POINTS TO MAKE A LINE ON THE GRAPH.

Slope intercept form
5. Why is the equation y=mx+b referred to as the slope intercept form of a linear equation? IT'S A PRETTY SIMPLE FORMULA TO REMEMBER. Y=MX+B IS KNOWN AS SLOPE INTERCEPT BECAUSE ALL THE NUMBERS YOU'LL SEE IS THE SLOPE AND THE "Y" INTERCEPT.
6. How do you graph linear equations given in slope-intercept form? FIRST PLOT THE POINT OF "Y" AND THEN START TO PLOTTING THE POINTS FROM YOUR "Y" INTERCEPT WITH THE SLOPE.

7. How do YOU determine which method is best to graph with comparing the 3 methods studied? I FEEL SLOPE INTERCEPT IS THE MOST EASIEST FORMULA TO REMEMBER BECAUSE I ONLY NEED TO FIND TO NUMBERS.

Translations
8. Come up with a set of three functions that would be considered a family of functions. Explain.
9. How is the graph of f(x) = x related to the graph of h(x) = -2x-3? FUNCTION FORM TRANSFORMED INTO A FUNCTION
10. How can changes in slope affect a graph? SLOPE DETERMINES WHERE THE NEXT POINT IS.
11. How can changes in the y-intercept affect a graph? THE "Y" INTERCEPT DETERMINES WHETHER THE GRAPH STARTS POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE.

Weeks in Review
VIRUS PROJECT
12. What are all of the things that you learned mathematically about during the Create your own Virus Project? PLOTTING POINTS AND MAKING SLOPES
13. What did you learn about yourself during the project? (need to ask more questions, take better notes, utilize time....etc.....) I LEARNED THAT I COULD MAKE MY OWN EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES
13. What was challenging about the VIRUS project for you? WAS TO MAKE UP OUR OWN PROBLEMS FROM SCRATCH
14. Looking at your creativity level, what would your rate yourself on a
scale of 1-10? PROBABLY A "6"
15. Looking at your mathematics learned and achieved, what grade would you give yourself from A - Z? I WOULD GIVE MYSELF A "C+"


DISASTER AMONGST US
16. How can creating functions from 2 pieces of data help us in a real world situation? BY SHOWING PROBABLE REASONS FOR FUTHER PREDICTIONS
17. What world problem did you focus on when creating your function? JACK IN THE BOX
18. How can knowing YOUR function, help researchers in predicting or fixing the disaster in the future? I CANT

NOTES
19. How will collaborating on notes help with your mathematics now, for projects, and for classwork? BY NOT JUST LEARNING EVERYTHING ON MY OWN, BUT BY ALSO LEARNING FROM MY COLLABORATING PEERS.
20. How can you create the notes so that they can be used in different courses? I DONT KNOW
21. What are you going to focus on to make sure that they are notes that work for you? JUST WRITE EVERYTHING DOWN.