Assignment1openQuery

course MTH 173

6/21 4

If your solution to stated problem does not match the given solution, you should self-critique per instructions at

http://vhcc2.vhcc.edu/dsmith/geninfo/labrynth_created_fall_05/levl1_22/levl2_81/file3_259.htm

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Your solution, attempt at solution.

If you are unable to attempt a solution, give a phrase-by-phrase interpretation of the problem along with a statement of what you do or do not understand about it. This response should be given, based on the work you did in completing the assignment, before you look at the given solution.

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Question: `qFor the temperature vs. clock time model, what were temperature and time for the first, third and fifth data points (express as temp vs clock time ordered pairs)?

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Your solution:

(0,90.6),(20,61.52),(40,40.92)

These are the x and y coordinates of time and temp. respectively for the first, third, and fifth data points in the given data for the hot potato model.

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** Continue to the next question **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qAccording to your graph what would be the temperatures at clock times 7, 19 and 31?

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Your solution:

(7,80),(19,61),(31,48)

These are the x,y coordinates of time and temp. respectively based on the graph.

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** Continue to the next question **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qWhat three points did you use as a basis for your quadratic model (express as ordered pairs)?

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Your solution:

(10,75),(40,41),(70,26)

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** A good choice of points `spreads' the points out rather than using three adjacent points. For example choosing the t = 10, 20, 30 points would not be a good idea here since the resulting model will fit those points perfectly but by the time we get to t = 60 the fit will probably not be good. Using for example t = 10, 30 and 60 would spread the three points out more and the solution would be more likely to fit the data. The solution to this problem by a former student will be outlined in the remaining nswers'.

STUDENT SOLUTION (this student probably used a version different from the one you used; this solution is given here for comparison of the steps, you should not expect that the numbers given here will be the same as the numbers you obtained when you solved the problem.)

For my quadratic model, I used the three points

(10, 75)

(20, 60)

(60, 30). **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qWhat is the first equation you got when you substituted into the form of a quadratic?

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Your solution:

100a + 10b + c = 75

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: The equation that I got from the first data point (10,75) was 100a + 10b +c = 75.**

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qWhat is the second equation you got when you substituted into the form of a quadratic?

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Your solution:

1600a + 40b + c = 41

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: The equation that I got from my second data point was 400a + 20b + c = 60 **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qWhat is the third equation you got when you substituted into the form of a quadratic?

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Your solution:

4900a + 70b + c = 26

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: The equation that I got from my third data point was 3600a + 60b + c = 30. **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qWhat multiple of which equation did you first add to what multiple of which other equation to eliminate c, and what is the first equation you got when you eliminated c?

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Your solution:

I subtracted equation 1 from equation 2 to eliminate c, giving me 1500a + 30b = -34.

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: First, I subtracted the second equation from the third equation in order to eliminate c.

By doing this, I obtained my first new equation

3200a + 40b = -30. **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qTo get the second equation what multiple of which equation did you add to what multiple of which other quation, and what is the resulting equation?

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Your solution:

I subtracted equation 2 from 3 to eliminate c again, giving 3300a + 30b = -15.

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: This time, I subtracted the first equation from the third equation in order to again eliminate c.

I obtained my second new equation:

3500a + 50b = -45**

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

Question: `qWhich variable did you eliminate from these two equations, and what was the value of the variable for which you solved these equations?

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Your solution:

I eliminated b from these two by multiplying the first by -1 so that the b's would cancel, then solved for a = .0106.

-1(1500a + 30b) = -1(-34)

+ 3300a + 30b = -15

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: In order to solve for a and b, I decided to eliminate b because of its smaller value. In order to do this, I multiplied the first new equation by -5

-5 ( 3200a + 40b = -30)

and multiplied the second new equation by 4

4 ( 3500a + 50b = -45)

making the values of -200 b and 200 b cancel one another out. The resulting equation is -2000 a = -310. **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qWhat equation did you get when you substituted this value into one of the 2-variable equations, and what did you get for the other variable?

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Your solution:

I substituted a = .0106 into the second 2-var. equation, giving me:

3300a + 30b = -15

3300(.0106) + 30b = -15

b = -1.666

Confidence Assessment: OK

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: After eliminating b, I solved a to equal .015

a = .015

I then substituted this value into the equation

3200 (.015) + 40b = -30

and solved to find that b = -1.95. **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qWhat is the value of c obtained from substituting into one of the original equations?

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Your solution:

I chose the equation with the smallest coefficients from the first set of three variable equations, 100(.0106) + 10(-1.666) + c = 75, then solved for c to get c = 90.6.

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: By substituting both a and b into the original equations, I found that c = 93 **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qWhat is the resulting quadratic model?

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Your solution:

y = .0106t^2 + -1.666t + 90.6

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: Therefore, the quadratic model that I obtained was

y = (.015) x^2 - (1.95)x + 93. **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qWhat did your quadratic model give you for the first, second and third clock times on your table, and what were your deviations for these clock times?

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Your solution:

(0,90.6,4.4)

(10,75,0)

(20,61.52,1.52)

Where the first number is the time(x) value, second is the temp(y) value from the model, third number is the deviation from the observed value.

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: This model y = (.015) x^2 - (1.95)x + 93 evaluated for clock times 0, 10 and 20 gave me these numbers:

First prediction: 93

Deviation: 2

Then, since I used the next two ordered pairs to make the model, I got back

}the exact numbers with no deviation. So. the next two were

Fourth prediction: 48

Deviation: 1

Fifth prediction: 39

Deviation: 2. **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qWhat was your average deviation?

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Your solution:

Average deviation was +- 1.1 cm, obtained by adding all the deviation amounts for all data points and divided by the total number of data points, which was 8.

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: My average deviation was .6 **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qIs there a pattern to your deviations?

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Your solution:

no obvious pattern.

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: There was no obvious pattern to my deviations.

INSTRUCTOR NOTE: Common patterns include deviations that start positive, go negative in the middle then end up positive again at the end, and deviations that do the opposite, going from negative to positive to negative. **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qHave you studied the steps in the modeling process as presented in Overview, the Flow Model, Summaries of the Modeling Process, and do you completely understand the process?

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Your solution:

yes

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: Yes, I do completely understand the process after studying these outlines and explanations. **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qHave you memorized the steps of the modeling process, and are you gonna remember them forever? Convince me.

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Your solution:

Let's see if i got it, A. observe and gather data (with mini steps) B: Obtain a model (with mini steps) C: compare relationships and relate to real world (with mini steps). Yeah, pretty close, doing all the exercises and referring back to the outline really helped drive it home, I believe I will ""burn it"" in my mind completely and forever soon.

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: Yes, sir, I have memorized the steps of the modeling process at this point. I also printed out an outline of the steps in order to refresh my memory often, so that I will remember them forever!!!

INSTRUCTOR COMMENT: OK, I'm convinced. **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qQuery Completion of Model first problem: Completion of model from your data.Give your data in the form of depth vs. clock time ordered pairs.

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Your solution:

(5.3,63.7),(10.6,54.8),(15.9,46),(21.2,37.7),(26.5,32),(31.8,26.6)

This is random data from the bank of data online in the form of time(x),depth(y) ordered pairs.

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION: Here are my data which are from the simulated data provided on the website under randomized problems.

(5.3, 63.7)

(10.6. 54.8)

(15.9, 46)

(21.2, 37.7)

(26.5, 32)

(31.8, 26.6). **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qWhat three points on your graph did you use as a basis for your model?

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Your solution:

(5.3,63.7),(15.9,46),(31.8,26.6)

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: As the basis for my graph, I used

( 5.3, 63.7)

(15.9, 46)

(26.5, 32)**

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qGive the first of your three equations.

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Your solution:

28.09a + 5.3b + c = 63.7

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: The point (5.3, 63.7) gives me the equation 28.09a + 5.3b + c = 63.7 **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qGive the second of your three equations.

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Your solution:

252.81a + 15.9b + c = 46

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: The point (15.9, 46) gives me the equation 252.81a +15.9b + c = 46 **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qGive the third of your three equations.

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Your solution:

1011.24a + 31.8b + c = 26.6

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: The point (26.5,32) gives me the equation 702.25a + 26.5b + c = 32. **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qGive the first of the equations you got when you eliminated c.

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Your solution:

224.72a + 10.6b = -17.7

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: Subtracting the second equation from the third gave me 449.44a + 10.6b = -14. **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qGive the second of the equations you got when you eliminated c.

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Your solution:

758.43a + 15.9b = -19.4 was obtained by subtracting equation 2 from 3

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: Subtracting the first equation from the third gave me 674.16a + 21.2b = -31.7. **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qExplain how you solved for one of the variables.

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Your solution:

after obtaining two equations with a and b (c eliminated), I had to multiply the first and second equation by the opposite value of b with one negative to eliminate b. Then I solved for a.

-15.9(224.72a + 10.6b) = (-17.7) 15.9 and

-10.6(758.43a + 15.9b) = (-19.4) -10.6

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: In order to solve for a, I eliminated b by multiplying the first equation by 21.2, which was the b value in the second equation. Then, I multiplied the seond equation by -10.6, which was the b value of the first equation, only I made it negative so they would cancel out. **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qWhat values did you get for a and b?

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Your solution:

a = .016969, then plugged that a value into the equation 224.72a + 10.6b = -17.7 to solve for b, which is b= -2.029554

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: a = .0165, b = -2 **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qWhat did you then get for c?

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Your solution:

Plugged a and b into an original equation to get a c value of 73.979977

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: c = 73.4 **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qWhat is your function model?

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Your solution:

y = .017t^2 + -2.03t + 73.98 (rounded off a, b, and c to decrease precision for easier calculations)

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: y = (.0165)x^2 + (-2)x + 73.4. **

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Self-critique (if necessary): OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qWhat is your depth prediction for the given clock time (give clock time also)?

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Your solution:

The question was 'what is the depth at clock time 46 secs'; according to the model, this comes to 16.6cm.

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: The given clock time was 46 seconds, and my depth prediction was 16.314 cm.**

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qWhat clock time corresponds to the given depth (give depth also)?

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Your solution:

The given depth was 14 cm, according to the model this gave two answers, 87.7s and 31.7s... since the second one seemed not a possibility according to the table and graph, 87.7 s is my data for this.

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** INSTRUCTOR COMMENT: The exercise should have specified a depth.

The specifics will depend on your model and the requested depth. For your model y = (.0165)x^2 + (-2)x + 73.4, if we wanted to find the clock time associated with depth 68 we would note that depth is y, so we would let y be 68 and solve the resulting equation:

68 = .01t^2 - 1.6t + 126

using the quadratic formula. There are two solutions, x = 55.5 and x = 104.5, approximately. **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qCompletion of Model second problem: grade average Give your data in the form of grade vs. clock time ordered pairs.

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Your solution:

(1,0),(1.790569,10),(2.118034,20),(2.369306,30),(2.581139,40),(2.767767,50),(2.936492,60),(3.09165,70),(3.236068,80),(3.371708,90),(3.5,100)

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION: Grade vs. percent of assignments reviewed

(0, 1)

(10, 1.790569)

(20, 2.118034)

(30, 2.369306)

(40, 2.581139)

(50, 2.767767)

(60, 2.936492)

(70, 3.09165)

(80, 3.236068)

(90, 3.371708)

(100, 3.5). **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qWhat three points on your graph did you use as a basis for your model?

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Your solution:

(1,0),(2.767767,50),(3.5,100)

These are gpa (x), % of study(y) respectively.

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED:

(20, 2.118034)

(50, 2.767767)

(100, 3.5)**

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qGive the first of your three equations.

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Your solution:

1a + 1b + c =0

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: 400a + 20b + c = 2.118034**

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qGive the second of your three equations.

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Your solution:

7.660534166289a + 2.767767b + c = 50

Confidence Assessment: OK

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: 2500a + 50b + c = 2.767767 **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qGive the third of your three equations.

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Your solution:

12.25a + 3.5b + c = 100

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: 10,000a + 100b + c = 3.5 **

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Self-critique (if necessary): OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qGive the first of the equations you got when you eliminated c.

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Your solution:

equation 2 - 1 gives me 6.660534166289a + 1.767767b = 50

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: 7500a + 50b = .732233. **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qGive the second of the equations you got when you eliminated c.

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Your solution:

equation 3 -2 gives me 4.589465833711a + .732233b = 50

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: Subracting the first equation from the third I go

9600a + 80b = 1.381966 **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qExplain how you solved for one of the variables.

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Your solution:

multiplied each equation by the opposite coefficient of b, with one negative, to eliminate b.

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: In order to solve for a, I eliminated the variable b. In order to do this, I multiplied the first new equation by 80 and the second new equation by -50. **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qWhat values did you get for a and b?

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Your solution:

a = 16 and plugged that into the second 2-variable equation to get b=-32.1

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED:

a = -.0000876638

b = .01727 **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qWhat did you then get for c?

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Your solution:

c = 16.1

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: c = 1.773. **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qWhat is your function model?

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Your solution:

y = 16g^2 + -32.1g + 16.1

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** y = -.0000876638 x^2 + (.01727)x + 1.773 **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qWhat is your percent-of-review prediction for the given range of grades (give grade range also)?

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Your solution:

for the given gpa of 3.0, i got 64%, which fits the model and graph well.

for gpa 4.0, i got 144%, which also seems to fit the graph and model well.

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** The precise solution depends on the model desired average.

For example if the model is y = -.00028 x^2 + .06 x + .5 (your model will probably be different from this) and the grade average desired is 3.3 we would find the percent of review x corresponding to grade average y = 3.3 then we have

3.3 = -.00028 x^2 + .06 x + .5.

This equation is easily solved using the quadratic formula, remembering to put the equation into the required form a x^2 + b x + c = 0.

We get two solutions, x = 69 and x = 146. Our solutions are therefore 69% grade review, which is realistically within the 0 - 100% range, and 146%, which we might reject as being outside the range of possibility.

To get a range you would solve two equations, on each for the percent of review for the lower and higher ends of the range.

In many models the attempt to solve for a 4.0 average results in an expression which includes the square root of a negative number; this indicates that there is no real solution and that a 4.0 is not possible. **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qWhat grade average corresponds to the given percent of review (give grade average also)?

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Your solution:

for the 80% review, i used the quadratic equation to obtain a gpa of 3.239195161; the other value obtained was not realistic and didn't fit the model/graph/observations well so it was discarded.

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** Here you plug in your percent of review for the variable. For example if your model is y = -.00028 x^2 + .06 x + .5 and the percent of review is 75, you plug in 75 for x and evaluate the result. The result gives you the grade average corresponding to the percent of review according to the model. **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qHow well does your model fit the data (support your answer)?

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Your solution:

based on the low deviation amounts of the model results from the observed results, and the results obtained from the misc. calculations/questions asked above, I see that the model fits the data very well.

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** You should have evaluated your function at each given percent of review-i.e., at 0, 10, 20, 30, . 100 to get the predicted grade average for each. Comparing your results with the given grade averages shows whether your model fits the data. **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qillumination vs. distance

Give your data in the form of illumination vs. distance ordered pairs.

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Your solution:

(1, 935.1395)

(2, 264..4411)

(3, 105.1209)

(4, 61.01488)

(5, 43.06238)

(6, 25.91537)

(7, 19.92772)

(8, 16.27232)

(9, 11.28082)

(10, 9.484465)

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION: (1, 935.1395)

(2, 264..4411)

(3, 105.1209)

(4, 61.01488)

(5, 43.06238)

(6, 25.91537)

(7, 19.92772)

(8, 16.27232)

(9, 11.28082)

(10, 9.484465)**

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Self-critique (if necessary): OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qWhat three points on your graph did you use as a basis for your model?

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Your solution:

(1,935.1395),(5,43.06238),(9,11.28082)

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED:

(2, 264.4411)

(4, 61.01488)

(8, 16.27232) **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qGive the first of your three equations.

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Your solution:

a + b + c = 935.1395

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: 4a + 2b + c = 264.4411**

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qGive the second of your three equations.

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Your solution:

25a + 5b + c = 43.06238

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: 16a + 4b + c = 61.01488**

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qGive the third of your three equations.

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Your solution:

81a + 9b + c = 11.28082

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: 64a + 8b + c = 16.27232**

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qGive the first of the equations you got when you eliminated c.

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Your solution:

equation 2 -1 gives 24a + 4b = -892.07712

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: 48a + 4b = -44.74256**

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qGive the second of the equations you got when you eliminated c.

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Your solution:

equation 3 -2 gives 56a + 4b = -31.78156

Confidence Assessment: OK

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: 60a + 6b = -248.16878**

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qExplain how you solved for one of the variables.

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Your solution:

since both 2 variable equations had 4b in them, I multiplied one equation by -1 so that the b would cancel out.

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: I solved for a by eliminating the variable b. I multiplied the first new equation by 4 and the second new equation by -6 **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qWhat values did you get for a and b?

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Your solution:

Solving for a after eliminating b gave me a = 26.88423625, plugging that value into the second of the 2 variable equations gave me b = -384.3246975

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: a = 15.088, b = -192.24 **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qWhat did you then get for c?

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Your solution:

solving for c gave me c = 1292.579961

Confidence Assessment: 3

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: c = 588.5691**

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qWhat is your function model?

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Your solution:

y = 26.88423625x^2 + -384.3246975x + 1292.579961

Confidence Assessment:

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: y = (15.088) x^2 - (192.24)x + 588.5691 **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

OK

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qWhat is your illumination prediction for the given distance (give distance also)?

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Your solution:

I didn't attempt to solve this, because as I used the model to solve for the different values of x given in the data table, I noticed after several data points that the model was extremely off from the observed data, only the points that I chose for the equations fit closely. This happened to me on the other problems as well and turned out to be a math error on my part, but I checked the math and it looked good, so I'm not sure if it is in fact an error on my part or if the quadratic function model just doesn't fit this situation, I would love some feedback to help me understand where/if I am wrong. Here is my example observed vs. model data:

dist. from sun, illum. of comet (observed), illum. of comet(from model), deviation respectively:

(1, 935.1395, 935.1395, 0)

(2, 264.4411, 631.467511, big deviation LOL)

(3, 105.1209, 381.5639943, same as above)

(4, 61.01488, 185.428951, again a huge diff.)

(5, 43.06238, 43.0623783, 0)

notice how points 1 and 5 which I chose for the model are the only ones not deviating, while the others are a massive diff. Is this because the quadratic model doesn't fit or did I do something wrong?

Confidence Assessment: 1

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Given Solution:

** STUDENT SOLUTION CONTINUED: The given distance was 1.6 Earth distances from the sun. My illumination prediction was 319.61 w/m^2, obtained by evaluating my function model for x = 1.6. **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

see my notes in solution above.

Self-critique Rating: OK

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Question: `qWhat distances correspond to the given illumination range (give illumination range also)?

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Your solution:

I didn't attempt to solve this, because as I used the model to solve for the different values of x given in the data table, I noticed after several data points that the model was extremely off from the observed data, only the points that I chose for the equations fit closely. This happened to me on the other problems as well and turned out to be a math error on my part, but I checked the math and it looked good, so I'm not sure if it is in fact an error on my part or if the quadratic function model just doesn't fit this situation, I would love some feedback to help me understand where/if I am wrong. Here is my example observed vs. model data:

dist. from sun, illum. of comet (observed), illum. of comet(from model), deviation respectively:

(1, 935.1395, 935.1395, 0)

(2, 264.4411, 631.467511, big deviation LOL)

(3, 105.1209, 381.5639943, same as above)

(4, 61.01488, 185.428951, again a huge diff.)

(5, 43.06238, 43.0623783, 0)

notice how points 1 and 5 which I chose for the model are the only ones not deviating, while the others are a massive diff. Is this because the quadratic model doesn't fit or did I do something wrong?

Confidence Assessment: 1

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Given Solution:

** The precise solution depends on the model and the range of averages.

For example if the model is y =9.4 r^2 - 139 r + 500 and the illumination range is 25 to 100 we would find the distance r corresponding to illumination y = 25, then the distance r corresponding to illumination y = 100, by solving the equations

25=9.4 r^2 - 139 r + 500

and

100 =9.4 r^2 - 139 r + 500

Both

of these equations are easily solved using the quadratic formula, remembering to put both into the required form a r^2 + b r + c = 0. Both give two solutions, only one solution of each having and correspondence at all with the data.

The solutions which correspond to the data are

r = 3.9 when y = 100 and r = 5.4 when y = 25.

So when the distance x has range 3.9 - 5.4 the illumination range is 25 to 100.

Note that a quadratic model does not fit this data well. Sometimes data is quadratic in nature, sometimes it is not. We will see as the course goes on how some situations are accurately modeled by quadratic functions, while others are more accurately modeled by exponential or power functions. **

&*******& see my notes above for my question about this last one.

You're following the process well.

It isn't clear, though, how you are solving the equations that require use of the quadratic formula (it's also not clear what specific equations you were using on those problems). You didn't fully document your solutions on those questions.

Be sure you understand how those, and all other problem are solved.

&#Let me know if you have questions. &#