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lesson
Problem Solving Workshop:
5.1
Using Alternative Methods
For use with the lesson “Model Inverse and Joint Variation”

Another Way to Solve Example 4

Multiple Representations In Example 4, you saw how to solve a problem about the
number of computer chips obtained from a silicon wafer by checking for indirect variation.
You can also solve the problem by using a spreadsheet.

problem Computer Chips The table compares the area A (in square millimeters) of a
computer chip with the number c of chips that can be obtained from a silicon wafer.
Write a model that gives c as a function of A. Predict the number of chips per wafer
when the area of a chip is 81 square millimeters.

Area (mm 2), A 58 62 66 70

Lesson 5.1
Number of chips, c 448 424 392 376

Method Use a Spreadsheet You can solve the problem by using a spreadsheet.

Step 1 Enter “A” into cell A1 and “c” Step 2 Enter “A p c” into cell C1.
into cell B1. Then enter the values Enter “5 A2*B2” into cell C2.
for A and c into the spreadsheet. Select cells C2 through C7, and
use the fill down command to fill
in the values of A p c.
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A B C A B C
1 A c 1 A c A?c
2 58 448 2 58 448 25984
3 62 424 3 62 424 26288
4 66 392 4 66 392 25872
5 70 376 5 70 376 26320

Step 3 Find a model that gives c as a function of A. Each product A p c is approximately

equal to 26,000. So, the data show inverse variation. A model relating A and c is:
26,000
A p c 5 26,000 or c 5 ​ }
A
​

The number of chips per wafer for a chip with an area of 81 square millimeters is
26,000
​  81 ​ø 321.
c5}

Practice 1. What If? In the Example, predict the 2. What If? In the Example, predict the
number of chips per wafer when the area of each computer chip when the
area of each chip is 75 square number of chips per wafer is 280.
millimeters.

Algebra 2
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Problem Solving Workshop:

Mixed Problem Solving
For use with the lessons “Model Inverse and Joint Variation, Graph Simple Rational
Functions and Graph General Rational Functions”
1. Multi-Step Problem A satellite 5. Short Response The table shows the
television service provider charges a $75 number y of slices of pizza a store sells each
installation fee and a monthly fee of $40. month at different prices x (in dollars).
Do the data show inverse variation? Explain.
a. Write an equation that gives the
average cost per month as a function
of the number of months of service. x 1.25 1.5 1.75 2
b. Graph the function from part (a). Use y 240 200 171 150
the graph to estimate the number of
months before the average cost drops 6. Gridded Answer The variables x and y
to $45 per month. vary inversely, and y 5 8 when x 5 3. What
c. What happens to the average cost is the value of y when x 5 4?
as the number of months of service
increases? 7. Short Response The value B (in dollars)
of a boat t years after it was purchased new
2. Multi-Step Problem A food manufacturer
can be estimated using the function
wants to find the most efficient packaging for
a can of fruit with a volume of 473 cubic 2000
​  t ​1 400, where t ≥ 1.
B(t) 5 }
centimeters.
a. Use the formula for the volume of a a. Estimate the boat’s value 4 years after
cylinder, V 5 πr 2h, to write an it was purchased.
equation that gives the height h of a b. What does the value of the boat
possible can in terms of its radius r. approach as time passes? Explain.
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b. Write an equation that gives the can’s 8. Extended Response The volume V
surface area S in terms of its radius (in liters) of one mole of a gas varies
r by substituting the expression for h directly with the temperature T (in Kelvin)
from part (a) into the formula for the and inversely with the pressure P
surface area of a cylinder, (in atmospheres) of the gas. A gas that has
S 5 2πr 2 1 2πrh. a temperature of 273 Kelvin and a pressure
c. Graph the equation from part (b) of 1 atmosphere has a volume of 22.4 liters.
using a graphing calculator. What are
a. Write an equation that relates V, T,
the dimensions r and h of the can that
and P. Use the equation to complete
uses the least material possible?
the table below.
3. Gridded Answer The work W (in joules)
done when lifting an object varies jointly Volume Temperature Pressure
with the mass m (in kilograms) of the object (L) (K) (atm)
and the height h (in meters) that the object is
? 295 1.4
lifted. The work done when a 120 kilogram
object is lifted 1.8 meters is 2116.8 joules. 4 ? 1.2
How much work is done when lifting a
150 kilogram object 3 meters? 21.5 288 ?

4. Open-Ended Write a rational function b. Suppose two gases have the same
that has the vertical asymptote x 5 3 and the temperature, but the pressure of one
horizontal asymptote y 5 5. gas is 20% greater than the pressure of
the other gas. Compare the volume of
the two gases.
Algebra 2
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For use with Mixed Problem Solving

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lesson
Problem Solving Workshop:
5.5
Worked Out Example
For use with the lesson “Add and Subtract Rational Expressions”

problem Driving Time Brian drives 117 miles to another city. On the drive back home, his
average speed decreases by 6 miles per hour. The equations that give the driving
117 117
times t1 (in hours) to the city and t2 (in hours) back home are t1 5 }
​  s and t2 5 }
​ s 2 6​
where s is the average speed (in miles per hour) when driving to the city. Write an
equation for the total driving time to the city and back. Then find the total driving
time when his average speed driving to the city is 45 miles per hour.

Step 1 Read and Understand

What do you know?
The equations for the time it takes Brian to drive to the city and to drive back
home

Lesson 5.5
What do you want to find out?
The total driving time of the trip
Step 2 Make a Plan Use what you know to write and solve an equation.
Step 3 Solve the Problem Let t be the total driving time. Then, t 5 t1 1 t2.
117 117
t 5 ​ }
s
​ s 2 6​
​1 } Write equation.
117(s 2 6) 117s
5 ​ }​1 }
​ s(s 2 6)​ Rewrite fractions using the LCD, s(s 2 6).
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s(s 2 6)
234s 2 702
​ 
5} ​ Add fractions and simplify.
s(s 2 6)
Find the value of t when s 5 45.
234(45) 2 702 9828
   ​5 }
t 5 ​ }} ​ 1755 ​5 5.6
45(45 2 6)
The total driving time is 5.6 hours.
117
Step 4 Look Back The time of the trip to the city is ​ }
45
​5 2.6 hours and the
117
time of the trip back home is ​ }
45 2 6
​5 3 hours. The total driving time of the
trip is 5.6 hours.

Practice 1. What If? Suppose in the example that 2. Boat Travel The equation for the time
on the drive back home, Brian’s average it takes a boat to travel 40 kilometers
speed decreases by 15 miles per hour. round trip going against and then with
Write an equation that gives the total 20 20
the current is t 5 ​ }
s22
​1 ​ }
s12
​
driving time t (in hours) as a function
of his average speed s (in miles per where s is the boat’s average speed
hour) when driving to the city. Find the (in km/h) in still water. Find the total
total travel time when his average speed travel time when the average speed of
driving to the city is 45 miles per hour. the boat is 18 kilometers per hour.

Algebra 2
Chapter Resource Book 5-57
 Problem Solving Workshop:
Mixed Problem Solving
For use with the lessons “Multiply and Divide Rational Expressions, Add and Subtract Rational
Expressions, Solve Rational Equations and Describe and Compare Function Characteristics”
1. Multi-Step Problem Mark travels 5. Short Response From 1980 to 2003
5 miles from his home to the store jogging in the United States, the yearly turkey
at a speed of s miles per hour. On the return consumption C (in billions of pounds) and
trip, he walks at a speed 4 miles per hour the population P (in thousands) can be
slower than his jogging speed. modeled by
a. Write an expression in terms of s for 0.078x 2 1 2.22
C 5 }}
​    ​and
  
the time Mark takes to travel from his 2
0.0142x 1 1
home to the store.
P 5 2827x 1 224,600
b. Write an expression in terms of s for
the time Mark takes to return home where x represents the number of years
from the store. since 1980. Write a model for the yearly per
c. Write an expression in simplified form person turkey consumption (in pounds per
for the total time of Mark’s round trip. person) as a function of the year. Explain all
of your steps.
2. Multi-Step Problem From 1997 to 2003,
the price P of gold (in dollars per ounce) and 6. Gridded Answer Find the ratio of the
the weight W of gold mined (in millions volume of the inscribed cylinder to the
of ounces) in the United States can be volume of the rectangular prism in the
modeled by diagram below. Write your answer as a
decimal rounded to the nearest hundredth.
332 2 4t
    2 ​and
P 5 ​ }}
1 1 0.13t 2 0.025t
W 5 0.02175t 5 2 0.323t 4 1 1.64585t 3 2
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3.4t 2 1 2.19329t 1 12.709 3x 1 5

where t represents the number of years

since 1997.
2x
a. Write a model for the total value V of 2x
gold mined as a function of the year.
7. Extended Response Ryan travels
b. What was the total value of gold 10 miles on his bicycle in the same amount
mined in the United States in 2001? of time that it takes Seth to travel 7.5 miles
on his bicycle. Ryan travels 3 miles per hour
3. Open-Ended Write two rational
faster than Seth.
expressions r(x) and s(x) such that r(x) and
s(x) each contain a quadratic polynomial and a. Use the verbal model below to write
x12 an equation that relates the speeds of
r(x) p s(x) 5 }
​ x 2 5​. Ryan and Seth.
Lesson 5.7

4. Gridded Answer It takes a paddle boat Ryan’s Distance Seth’s Distance

​ }}
  ​5 }}
   ​     ​
57 minutes to travel 4 miles up a river and Ryan’s Speed Seth’s Speed
4 miles back traveling at a steady speed b. Solve the equation from part (a) to
of 10 miles per hour. What is the speed of find the speeds of Ryan and Seth.
the current, in miles per hour? Write your
c. How much time did Seth spend
answer as a decimal rounded to the nearest
biking? Explain your answer.
hundredth.

Algebra 2
Chapter Resource Book 5-79
 Answers for Chapter 5 Rational Functions
43725
Lesson 5.1 Model Inverse and 14. 10 yr 15. 43,725 16. d 5 }
​  p ​
Joint Variation 17. 7950 units 18. 0.22; H 5 0.22mT
Teaching Guide 19. 4.541 kilocalories
1. Divide distance by speed traveled; 4 h;

answers
Study Guide
about 4 h 44 min 2. Sample answer: speed 15
decreases; time traveled increases; time will 1. inverse 2. neither 3. direct 4. y 5 } ​  x ​; 5
increase as speed decreases 12 2 2
​  x ​; 4 6. y 5 }
5. y 5 } ​ x ​; ​ }3 ​ 7. about 231 8. 36
Practice Level A
1. direct variation 2. neither 3. inverse Problem Solving Workshop:
variation 4. inverse variation Using Alternative Methods
6 15 15 212 1. about 347 2. about 93 mm2
​ x ​; 3 6. y 5 }
5. y 5 } ​  x ​; }
​ 2 ​ 7. y 5 }
​  x ​; 26
Challenge Practice
16 3 3 6
​  x ​; 8 9. y 5 }
8. y 5 } ​ x ​; ​ }2 ​ 10. y 5 }
​ x ​; 3 1. False. y will decrease because y and x are
inversely related.
11. direct variation 12. neither 13. inverse
a
variation 14. neither 15. direct variation 2. True. If y 5 }
​  2 ​and x is replaced with 2x, you
x
16. inverse variation 17. z 5 4xy; 40 a a
have y 5 ​ }2 ​5 } ​  2​.
1 (2x) 4x
18. z 5 2xy; 20 19. z 5 }
​ 2 ​ xy; 5 20. 0.04
3. True. If y varies directly with x, then y 5 ax,
21. I 5 0.04tP 22. $240 23. The interest rate
1
of the savings account. so x 5 ​ }a​ y. So, x varies directly with y.
Practice Level B 4. False. z will decrease when y > 0 and z will
1. neither 2. direct variation 3. inverse increase when y < 0. 5. w varies jointly with x
variation 4. inverse variation and y, and inversely with the square root of z.
}
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5 1 w​Ï z ​
24
​  x ​; 48 6. y 5 }
5. y 5 } ​ x ​; 10 7. y 5 }
4
​ x ​; 8 x 5 ​ }​p ​ }​ ; x varies jointly with w and the
a y
26 2 1 1 square root of z, and inversely with y.
​  x ​; 212 9. y 5 }
8. y 5 } ​ x ​; 4 10. y 5 } ​ 6x​; }
​ 3 ​ }
1 w​Ï z ​
y 5 ​ }a ​p ​ }
x
​ ; y varies jointly with w and the
11. neither 12. inverse variation 13. direct
variation 14. z 5 2xy; 56 15. z 5 8xy; 224 square root of z, and inversely with x.
1 28 x 2y 2
​ 3​ xy; }
16. z 5 } ​ 3 ​ 17. 0.025 18. I 5 0.025tP z 5 a2 p }
​  2 ​ ; z varies jointly with the squares of
w
19. $625 20. The interest rate of the savings x and y, and inversely with the square of w.
account 21. 1035.15
6. t varies directly with u, and inversely with the
1035.15
​  p ​ 23. 68.1 mL3
22. V 5 } 1
square of v and with w. u 5 ​ }a ​p tv 2w; u varies
Practice Level C jointly
1. direct variation 2. neither 3. inverse with t, with the square of v, and with w.
variation 4. inverse variation }
}
​Ïu ​
8.64 15 v5Ï
​ a ​p }
​  }​; v varies directly with the
​  x ​; 34.56 6. y 5 }
5. y 5 } ​  x ​; 60 ​Ïtw ​
5 square root of u, and inversely with the square
​ 8x​; 2.5 8. direct variation 9. neither
7. y 5 }
u
roots of t and w. w 5 a p }
​  2 ​; w varies
10. inverse variation 11. z 5 18xy; 540 tv
15 25 125 directly with u, and inversely with t and the square
​ 2 ​ xy; 225 13. z 5 }
12. z 5 } ​ 84 ​ xy; }
​ 14 ​
of v.

Algebra 2
Chapter Resource Book A1
 Lesson 5.3 Graph General at y 5 0 and no vertical asymptote at x 5 0, then
Rational Functions, continued the graph will cross the horizontal asymptote.
2. a. 23 b. 25 c. 25.455 d. 25.714
Problem Solving Workshop:
Mixed Problem Solving e. 25.941 3. The average rate of change seems

answers
to be approaching 26.
40m 1 75
​  m
1. a. c 5 } ​ 4. a. y 5 23x 1 16 b. y 5 25x 1 22
b. c ; 15 months c. y 5 25.455x 1 23.365
Average cost per month

140
120 d. y 5 25.714x 1 24.142
100
80 e. y 5 25.941x 1 24.823
60
40 5. y 5 26x 1 25
20 (x 1 3)(2x 1 54)
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 m
​ 
6. a. A 5 }}
x
   ​
Months of service
b. domain: all real numbers greater than 0
c. The average cost approaches $40.
c. 9 in. by 6 in.
473 946
​  2 ​ b. S 5 2πr 2 1 }
2. a. h 5 } ​  r ​
πr Lesson 5.4 Multiply and Divide
c. ; r ø 4.2 cm, h ø 8.5 cm Rational Expressions
Teaching Guide
Answers to expression cards:
10x 2 5 5(2x 2 1)
​  2
} ​5 }}
​    ​
(x 2 4)(x 2 3)
x 2 7x 1 12
3. 4410 4. Answers will vary. 5. Yes; The
x2 2 5x 1 4 (x 2 4)(x 2 1)
product of xy is close to 300 for each set of data ​ 
} ​5 }}
​     ​
6x 2 4 2(3x 2 2)
points. 6. 6 7. a. $900 b. $400; There is a
horizontal asymptote at $400. 3x2 2 x 2 4 (x 1 1)(3x 2 4)
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​ 
} ​5 }}
​ 
6x 2 2
   ​
2(3x 2 1)
0.0821T
​  P ​; about 17.3 L, about 58.5 K,
8. a. V 5 }
3x 1 9 3(x 1 3)
about 1.1 atm ​  2
} ​5 }}
​    ​
(x 2 1)(x 1 4)
x 1 3x 2 4
b. The gas that has a pressure that is 20% greater 2x2 1 9x 1 9 (x 1 3)(2x 1 3)
5 ​ 
} ​5 }}
​ 
15x 2 5
   ​
5(3x 2 1)
​ 6​that of the other gas.
has a volume that is }
3x2 2 11x 2 4 (x 2 4)(3x 1 1)
Challenge Practice ​  2
}} ​ 
   ​5 }}    ​
y y x 1 3x x(x 1 3)
1. a. b.
x2 1 6x 1 8 (x 1 2)(x 1 4)
1 1
​  2
} ​5 }}
​    ​
  
(x 2 2)(2x 2 1)
2x 2 5x 1 2
1 x 3 x
4x2 1 3x 2 1 (x 1 1)(4x 2 1)
​  2
} ​ 
​5 }}    ​
x(x 2 4)
x 2 4x
2x2 2 7x 2 4 (x 2 4)(2x 1 1)
c. y ​  2
}}   ​5 }}
​    
2 ​
4x 1 12x 1 9 (2x 1 3)
1
2
3x 1 8x 1 4 (x 1 2)(3x 1 2)
​  2
} ​5 }}
​ (2x 2 3)(2x    ​
1 1)
2 x 4x 2 4x 2 3
3x2 1 11x 1 6 (x 1 3)(3x 1 2)
​  2
}}    ​5 }}
​     ​
(x 2 1)(3x 1 4)
3x 1 x 2 4
Yes, it is possible for the graph of a rational 4x 1 6 2(2x 1 3)
​  2
}}   ​5 }}
​    ​
(x 2 3)(4x 1 1)
function to cross its horizontal asymptote. If the 4x 2 11x 2 3
graph of the function has a horizontal asymptote

Algebra 2
Chapter Resource Book A7
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Lesson 5.5 Add and Subtract 7. ​ }
x 3
​ 8. ​ }
x11
​ ​ 
9. }}    ​
3x(x 1 2)
Rational Expressions, continued 26 7x 2 2 22x 2 9
10. }}​    2 ​ 11. }}
​    ​
  
2. 45; Sample answer: 3 is a common factor, so (x 2 1)(x 1 1) 3(2x 1 1)(x 2 3)
20 6 14 7x 2 2 13x 1 1 x26 5x 2 1
the LCD is 32 p 5, or 45. }
​ 45 ​2 }
​ 45 ​5 }
​ 45 ​ ​    ​ 13. }
​  6 ​ 14. }
​  ​

answers
12. }}   
2(x 2 1)(x 1 x 1 1)
2 (x 2 1)2
3. no; (x 1 2)(x 2 4); (x 2 3)(x 1 5) 2(x 2 2 4x 2 3)
​  2
15. }}    ​ 16. }}
​  2   ​
7(x 2 4) 5(x 1 2) 12x 2 18 x 2 10x 2 26 x(x 2 2)(x 1 1)
​ }}   ​1 }}
(x 1 2)(x 2 4)
​ (x 2 4)(x   
1 2)
​5 }}
​ (x 1 2)(x   
2 4)
​
R1R2R3R4
​ R R R 1 R R R  
17. R 5 }}}    ​
1 R1R3R4 1 R2R3R4
Practice Level A 1 2 3 1 2 4
72
7 x23 4x ​ 25 ​ohms
18. }
​ 2x​ 2. }
1. } ​ x 1 4​ 3. ​ }
x22
​ 4. 5x
19. R 5
5. (x 1 2)(x 2 1) 6. (x 1 2)(x 2 2)
R1R2R3R4R5
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R R R R 1R R R R 1R R R R 1R R R R 1R R R R
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 5 1 2 4 5 1 3 4 5 2 3 4 5
4x 1 9 5x 2 2 2x 1 4
9. 4x(x 2 1)(x 1 1) 10. }
​  2 ​ 11. }
​  2
​ Study Guide
6x 2x
5x 2 7 23(x 1 2) 1. 8(x – 3)(x + 3)2 2. 5(x 2 3)(x 2 1)2(x 1 1)
​ 
12. }}   ​ 13. ​ }​
(x 1 1)(x 2 3) x14 x 2 1 12x 2 12 x2 2 3x 2 12
​  2
3. }}    ​ 4. ​ }}   ​
  
2
x 2 x 1 12 2x 2 2 4x 1 7 4x 4x (x 2 1) (x 2 3)(x 1 3)2
​ 
14. }}   ​ 15. ​ }}   ​ 16. } ​ 2x 1 1​
(x 2 4)(x 1 2) (x 2 2)(x 1 2) 3 2 2y
ab 3x
2(6 2 x) 2(3x 1 2) 5. ​ }​ 6. }
​ 3x 1 2​ 7. }
​ 3 1 4y​
​ 
17. } ​ 18. }}
​    ​ b2a
3(x 1 2) 2(x 2 2)(x 1 1)
3xy Problem Solving Workshop:
19. z 5 } ​ y 1 2x​ 20. 5 mL Worked Out Example

Practice Level B ​ 234s 2 1755 ​, 6.5 h 2. 2.25 h

1. t 5 }
s(s 2 15)
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1. (x 2 3)(2x 1 3) 2. (x 1 2)(x 2 1)
Challenge Practice
3. (x 2 2)(x 1 2) 4. 3x(x 2 3)(x 1 3) }
​Ït 2 1 1 ​
}
2x 2 1 3​Ï x 1 x ​
x12 6x 2 5 3x 2 1 15x 2 2 1. ​ 
} ​ 2. 2​  2 2
} ​ 3. ​ }​
​ 3x 1 1​ 6. }}
5. } ​    ​ 7. }}​     ​ 2x t (t 1 1) 6x
(x 2 3)(x 2 1) (x 2 5)(x 1 5)
2(x 1 2)(x 1 4)
5x 2 2 8x 1 4 x 2 2 x 2 10 ​ 
4. }}    ​
8. ​ } ​ 9. }}
​    ​ 3
2
x (x 2 2) (x 1 3)(x 1 2)
(3x 2 2)(x 1 1) 5. A 5 24, B 5 2, C 5 2
2x 2 1 x 2 4
​ 
10. }}   
2
​ 11. }
​  2 ​ 24 2 2
x(x 1 2) x 22 ​ } ​ x 1 1​1 }
​1 } ​ x 2 1​
x
(2x 2 1)(x 1 2) 2(5x 2 2)
​ 
12. }}     ​ 13. ​ }​
x 24(x 1 1)(x 2 1) 1 2x(x 2 1) 1 2x(x 1 1)
(x 1 4)(x 2 3)(x 1 1)
5 ​ }}}}
   ​
    
x(2x 1 13) 4x(x 2 2) x(x 1 1)(x 2 1)
​  2
14. }}   ​ 15. }}
​  2   ​
3(2x 2 x 2 2) 4x 2 10x 1 5 24(x 2 2 1) 1 2x 2 2 2x 1 2x 2 1 2x
5 ​ }}}  ​
   
21374t 2 2 20,461t 1 1,627,410
2
x(x 2 1)
​ 
16. T 5 }}}       ​
24x 2 1 4 1 4x 2 4
(85 2 t)(55 2 2t)
​ 
5 }} 3
​  3
   ​5 } ​
17. about 470,933 MDs; about 18,743 DOs x 2x x 2x
6. a. domain: all real numbers except x 5 1,
Practice Level C
x21
1. 2x(x 1 3)(x 2 3) 2. 2(x 2 3)(x 1 4) range: all real numbers b. f ( f (x)) 5 }
​  x ​;
3. 3(x 2 1)(x 2 2)(x 1 3) domain: all real numbers except x 5 0 and x 5 1
c. f ( f ( f(x))) 5 x; the graph is not a line because
4. (x 1 1)(x 2 3)(x 1 5)(x 1 6)
the graph has holes at x 5 0 and x 5 1.
x14 x 2 2 x 1 13
​ 
5. }}   ​ 6. }}
​    ​ x15 7(x 1 1) 8(x 1 2) x2
(x 1 5)(x 2 2) 3(x 2 3)(x 2 2) ​ 
7. } ​; }
​  ​ 8. }
​  ​; }
​  ​
4(2x 1 3) 4(2x 1 3) (x 1 4) (x 1 4)2
2

Algebra 2
Chapter Resource Book A9
 Lesson 5.7 Describe and 2.
Year 2
Compare Function Distance Average
Characteristics, continued Day Traveled for Change in
4. odd the Day Travel
answers

5. Sample answer: The ordered pairs for Farmers 1 231

Market A in the table are (10, 6.5), (20, 8.25), 2 258.3
(30, 8.83), and (40, 9.13). The corresponding 36.3
ordered pairs for Farmers Market B in the graph 3 293.8
are (10, 6), (20, 7), (30, 7.33), and (40, 7.5). The 4 339.9
average income for Farmers Market A is always
greater than for Farmers Market B for each
­number of customers. The average income for 3.
Farmers Market A increases more rapidly as the Year 1 = 70.3
number of customers increases than for Farmers Year 2 = 40.8
Market B.
Problem Solving Workshop:
Study Guide Mixed Problem Solving
8
1. 272, 224, 28, 2​ }​; The average rate of change 5 5 10(s 2 2)
3 ​ s ​ b. t 5 }
1. a. t 5 } ​ s 2 4​ c. t 5 }
​  ​
is always negative, so the graph always falls from s(s 2 4)
left to right. The magnitude of the average rate of (332 2 4t)
2. a. V 5 }} ​       ​(0.02175t 5 2
change decreases over successive intervals, so the 1 1 0.13t 2 0.025t 2
graph falls less and less steeply from left to right. 0.323t 4 1 1.64585t 3 2 3.4t2 1 2.19329t 1
2. The function for Unit A had a value of
12.709) b. about $3,386,000,000
$153,000 in 2000 and, like Unit B, the value of
Unit A decreased 2% each year. So, the two units 3. Answers will vary. 4. 3.97 5. Rewrite the
had different initial values but decreased by the yearly consumption of turkey equation as
same percent each year. The graphs have the same 1,000,000,000(0.078x 2 12.22)
domain (x Þ 0) and asymptote (x-axis), but ​ 
C 5 }}}     ​

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0.0142x 11
different ranges (for Unit A, 0 # y #153,000, and so that the unit of C is now pounds. Rewrite the
for Unit B, 0 # y # 132,000). The graph for Unit population equation as
A is above the graph of Unit B for every value of x P 5 1,000(2827x 1 224,600) so that the unit of P
in the domain. 3. odd 4. neither 5. even is now people. Let Y be the yearly per capita
Real-Life Application C
consumption. Then Y 5 ​ }
P
​, or
1.
Year 1 1,000,000,000(0.078x 2 1 2.22)
Y 5 }}}
​    
    ​.
Distance Average 1000(2827x 1 224,600)(0.0142x 11)
2

Day Traveled for Change in Simplify this equation to obtain

the Day Travel 78,000x 2 1 2,220,000
​ 
Y 5 }}}}    
    ​.
1 195 3 2
40.1434x 1 3189.32x 1 2827x 1 224,600
2 232.5 10 7.5
6. 0.79 7. a. ​ }​5 } ​  x ​ b. Ryan: 12 mi/h,
x13
59.37
3 288.8 Seth: 9 mi/h c. 50 min; Use the equation d 5 rt
4 373.1 to find the time Seth spent biking. The answer
5
is }
​ 6 ​hours, which is 50 minutes.
Challenge Practice
1–3. Rough sample sketches are shown.

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