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Question: `qNote that there are four questions in this assignment.

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Question: `q001. Sketch a graph similar to that you constructed for the stock values, this time for the depth of the water vs. clock time (depths 80, 40, 20 at clock times 10, 40, 90). Your first point, for example, will be (10, 80). Connect these points with straight lines and determine the slopes of the lines.

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Your solution: For the 1st and 2nd points, the y values (y2-y1) would be 40 minus 80, which is -40. For the x values (x2-x1), you get 40-10. If you divide the y by the x, you should get -4/3. For the second set, the y values, (20-40)/(90-40), to get -2/5.

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Given Solution:

`aThe three points are (10, 80), (40, 40) and (90, 20).

From the first point to the second the rise is from 80 to 40, or -40, and the run is from 10 to 40, or 30. So the slope is -40 / 30 = -1.33.

From the second point to the third the rise is from 40 to 20, or -20, and the run is from 40 to 90, or 50, so the slope is -20 / 50 = -.4. Click on 'Next Picture' to see graph.

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Question: `q002. Look at your results for the slopes, and look the results for the average rates of change. What do you notice? In what way then does the graph represent the average rate of change?

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Your solution: The rate of change and the values for the slope are the same. It shows that at that given time, the rise/run is basically the same at the rate of change.

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Given Solution:

`aThe slopes and the rates of change are numerically equal. For example between the second and third points the rise of -20 represents the -20 cm change in depth and the run of 50 represents the 50 seconds required to make this change, so the slope represents the -20 cm / (50 sec) average rate of change over the second time interval. We therefore see that slope represents average rate of change.

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Question: `q003. To what extent do you think your graph with three points and straight line segments between them accurately depicts the detailed behavior of the water over the 80-second period of observation?

How do you think the actual behavior of the system differs from that of the graph?

How do you think the graph of the actual behavior of the system would differ from that of the graph you made?

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Your solution:

-I think the graph does accurately depicts the behavior showing the slope is negative and one can assume that the trend will always be like that.

-I think the actual behavior does not differ too much from the graph.

-It think that my graph is probably not as detailed as the actual behavior. My graph is a rough estimate of how the exact values are.

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Given Solution:

`aThe straight line segments would indicate a constant rate of change of depth. It is fairly clear that as depth decreases, the rate of change of depth will decrease, so that the rate of change of depth will not be constant. The graph will therefore never be straight, but will be a curve which is decreasing at a decreasing rate.

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Self-critique (if necessary): My answer is a little different, but I still agree with both my answer and the given solution.

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Question: `q004. From the given information, do you think you can accurately infer the detailed behavior of the water depth over the 80-second period? Do you think you can infer the detailed behavior better than you could the values of the stocks? Why or why not?

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Your solution: Yes, I think it’s possible to accurately infer the detailed behavior over the 80 second period. I think it would be a little easier to infer the behavior of the water depth versus the stock market because when it’s graphed, the points are easier to make out and it looks clearer to understand.

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Given Solution:

`aIt will turn out that three data points will be sufficient to infer the detailed behavior, provided the data are accurate. However you might or might not be aware of that at this point, so you could draw either conclusion. However it should be clear that the behavior of the water depth is much more predictable than the behavior of the stock market. We don't know on a given day whether the market will go up or down, but we do know that if we shoot a hole in the bottom of a full bucket the water level will decrease, and we expect that identical holes in identical buckets should result in the same depth vs. clock time behavior.

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Self-critique (if necessary): I was not 100% sure of the last part of the problem, but the given solution makes a lot of sense.

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