Wrap-up for part a – Texas Instruments TI-73 User Manual

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Measurement and Geometry

Activity 8: Drip, Drip, Drip

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11. View and trace the graph.

* )
! or " to trace until

X=0

Ask: What is the value of Y? What does this point
represent?

(When time = 0, there is no water.)

12. Now look at this same information in a table.

- f (above the ' key)

The screen should look like the one at the right.

- i (above the * key)

13. Scroll down (#) in the

X

column to

24

.

Ask:
What is in the

Y

1

column?

What does this value mean?

Is this the same amount of water that you calculated
on the Home screen for 1 day?

If you want to go directly

to X=24, set your table

start (

TblStart

) to 24 on

the

TABLE SETUP

screen

(-

f

).

Wrap-up for Part A

Using the table, have students answer these questions.
How much water would be wasted if the drip
continued over a weekend?

How much water would be wasted over the Christmas
holiday?

How much water would be wasted in a year?

How long would it take to fill our classroom with
water?

Make sure students have completed their activity
sheets.

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