CC3 Selected Answers
CC3 Selected Answers
CC3 Selected Answers
for
Core Connections, Course 3
Lesson 1.1.1
1-3. Answers will vary.
1-4. a: b: c: d: e:
12 6 12 4 8
3 4 –2 –3 3 4 8 –2 –4
7 –5 7 –6
Lesson 1.1.2
1-12. a: See figures at right.
b: It grows by two tiles each time.
c: Answers will vary. Figure 4 Figure 5
1-15. a: b: c: d:
45 –18 6
–9 –5 9 –2 2 3
–14 7 5 4
1-23.
to be taller.
1-33. a: b: –4 c: d:
66 6 –8
6 11 –1 4 –3 –2 –1 8
17 3 –5 7
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Lesson 1.1.4 (Day 2)
1-35. a: 7.5 in. b: 12 m c: 16.5 cm
1-36. a: 9 b: 30 c: 33 d: 0.832
14 28
16
Lesson 1.2.1
1-47. a: Not proportional because the graph does not go through origin.
b: Not proportional because graph is not linear and does not go through origin.
c: Proportional
1-48.
Time (days)
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Lesson 1.2.2
1-57. a: 20 b: 2 17 c: 13 13 hours
1-58.
Number of Cost of
Letters Stamps ($)
10 4.50
2 0.90
15 6.75
7 3.15
1 0.45
500 225.00
42 18.90
1-59.
Number of Students
Hours of Sleep
1-61. a: − 17
24 b: 4.1 c: 21
15 = 7
5 = 1 25
d: − 4
3 = −1 13 e: 43
12 = 3 12
7 f: 2.24
Lesson 2.1.1
2-6. 4x + 7
2-7. 3x2 + 8x + 9
2-8. a: P = 120 units, A = 647 sq. units b: P = 70 units, A = 192 sq. units
2-9. a: 11 b: 14 c: –30 d: 10
2-10. Let x represent the shorter piece, x + x + 18 = 84, x = 33. The pieces are 33 meters and
51 meters long.
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Lesson 2.1.2
2-17. a: y2 + 6y + 5
b: It is not possible to simplify this expression, since none of the terms are alike.
c: 3xy + 6x + 3y + 6 d: 4m2 + 5m + 2mn
2-19. a: 7 b: 14 c:–2 d: 74
2-21. a: A(– 4, 3), B(2, 1), C(–2, 0), and D(–3, –3) b:
Lesson 2.1.3
2-30. 2x – 1 b: 4 c: x2 – y – 4
2-31. Let b represent the number of beige tiles, b + (b + 25) + 3b = 435, b = 82. She is buying
82 beige, 107 red, and 246 navy blue tiles.
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Lesson 2.1.4
2-41. a: possible b: possible c: not possible
2-42. a: 2x – 3 – (x + 1) = x – 4 b: y + 3 – y – 1 = 2
c: –x – (x + 2) = –2x – 2
2-43. a: 14 b: 6.5 c: 74 d: 12
e: 11
2-44. a: 28
b: c: –8
d:
–12
–4 –7 6 –2 –16
–11 4 –15.5
Lesson 2.1.5
2-51. a: 4x2 + 3x – 3 b: 5x2 – 23x c: 4x + 3y d: 2y2 + 3xy + 27
2-55. 32 eggs
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Lesson 2.1.6
2-58. a: The right side is greater. b: They are equal.
2-62. a: Car A, because its line is steeper. b: A(2, 120), B(4, 120)
c: 60 mph; 30 mph
d: Yes, because the distance = constant ⋅ time.
Lesson 2.1.7
2-67. Not quite. She correctly removed 2x from both sides, flipped a 1 from the “–” region to
the “+” region, and removed a zero; however, on the left side, the –1 and the 1 in the “–”
region do not make zero, so this is not a “legal” move.
2-71. a: 4 b: 1 c: 7 d: 2
e: 5 f: 6 g: 3
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Lesson 2.1.8
2-76. 2 – 2x – (4 – x) = 2 – 3 – (x – 2)
2-78. a: 2y – 2x + 3 b: 2x2 + 3x + 5 c: 0 d: x – y
Lesson 2.1.9
2-85. Let x represent the number of weeks she saves, 23 + 4x = 87, x = 16, It will take her
16 weeks to save the money.
2-87. a: –64
b: –25
c: –12
d:
8 –8 –5 5 4 –3
0 0 1
2-88. The 24-ounce bag is best. It costs approximately 5¢ per ounce, while the 36-ounce bag
costs about 8¢ per ounce.
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Lesson 3.1.1
3-4. a: IN (x) OUT (y) b: IN (x) OUT (y) c: IN (x) OUT (y)
7 23 2 5 1 1.5
2 8 9 22.5 6 4
–2 –4 –2 –5 4 3
8 26 –3 –7.5 –20 –9
0 2 0 0 –10 –4
100 302 11 27.5 0 1
1.5 6.5 –4 –10 –7 –2.5
Rule: Triple x and Rule: Multiply x by 2.5 Rule: Divide x by 2 and
add 2 add 1
Lesson 3.1.2
3-13. a: Multiply x by 2 and add 1. b: y = 2x + 1
3-14. a: x + 4 = 3x – 2; x = 3 b: x + 2 = –x – 1; x = – 23
3-15. a: 31 b: 2
3-16. a: –13 b: 4 c: 36 d: –4
e: 16 f: –3
g: They are different because (–2)2 = (–2)(–2) = 4, while –22 = –(2 ⋅ 2) = –4.
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Lesson 3.1.3
3-23. a: x = –5 b: x = –10 c: x = –15
d: x = –2 e: x = –10 f: x = 3 or –3
3-24. a: c = 2 b: No solution
3-27. a: 26 b: 4 c: 2 d: 43
3-29. a: x = 4 b: p = 0
Lesson 3.1.4
3-37. Answers will vary.
3-38. a: x = 2 b: x = 2.5
3-39. a: 37 b: 5.5 c: 3 d: 12
3-41. 20 Schnauzers
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Lesson 3.1.5
3-46. y = x + 3
3-47. a: x y y b: x y
y
–2 11 –2 –22
–1 9 –1 –11
0 7 0 0
1 5 x x
1 11
2 3 2 22
3-48. a: left = –4, right = –7 (left is greater) b: left = –5, right = –1 (right is greater)
3-49. a: 8 or 0.53 b: 4 c: – 10 d: 16 1
or 1 15
15 7 21 15
3-50. a: x = 2 b: x = 3.5
Lesson 3.1.6
3-56. Sample table and graph: y
x –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
y 11 6 3 2 3 6 11
y x
3-57.
x –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
x
y 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
3-58. Figure 0 will have 1 square, Figure 4 will have a 5-by-5 square with 8 tiles attached in a
row on the right, and Figure 100 will have a 101-by-101 square with 200 tiles attached in
a row on the right.
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Lesson 3.1.7
3-65. a: y b: (–3, –2) c: A parabola d: (–3, –2)
should be
(–3, 5)
x
y y
3-66. a: x y b: x y
–2 4 –2 –4
–1 1 –1 –1
0 0 0 0
x x
1 1 1 –1
2 4 2 –4
c: The parabola in part (a) points upward, while the parabola in part (b) points downward.
d: ≈ ± 2.6
e: ≈ ± 3.2
3-67. a: $30
b: She earns $6 per hour, so after x hours, she earns 6x dollars.
c: See graph at right. It should be continuous assuming that
she is paid for partial hours.
3-68.
Left Expression Right Expression Explanation
3x2 – (2x – 4) 3 + 3x2 + 1 Starting expressions.
Flip tiles from “–” region to
3x2 – 2x + 4 3 + 3x2 + 1
“+” region.
–2x + 4 3+1 Remove 3x2 from both sides.
Take 4 away from both
–2x 0
sides.
x 0 Divide both sides by –2.
3-69. a: b: c: d:
–28 56 10
7 –4 –7 –8 2 5
4 3 –15 7
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Lesson 3.2.1
3-74. a: x = –2 b: x = 1 c: –(x – 3) represents the opposite of x – 3, which is –x + 3.
3-76. IN (x) –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4
OUT (y) 9 7 5 3 1 –1 –3 –5 –7
a: See graph at right. y
Lesson 3.2.2
3-84. a: x y y = 2x + 2 y
0 2
1 4
2 6
Figure 0 Figure 4 3 8
4 10
x
b: (5, 12)
3-85. a: IN (x) –1 0 1 2 3 b: y = 2x – 1
OUT (y) –3 –1 1 3 5
3-95. a: 42 b: 3 c: 12 d: 3
3-96. Let x represent the width of the rectangle, 2x + 2(2x + 3) = 78, 27 cm and 12 cm
3-97. y
IN (x) –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
OUT (y) –5 0 3 4 3 0 –5
x
a: See graph at right.
b: A parabola opening upward.
3-98. a: 20
7 = 2 67 50
b: – 143 c: – 189
220 d: 144
5 = 48
5 = 9 53
Lesson 3.2.4
3-102. a: b: c: d:
1 10 5 – 48
0.5 2 2 5 –2.5 –2 8 –6
2.5 7 – 4.5 2
3-105. IN (x) 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 12 24 x
OUT (y) 24 12 8 6 4.8 4 3 2 1 24 ÷ x
a: Answers will vary. Sample response: The product of x and y is always 24.
b: xy = 24 or y = 24
x y
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Lesson 3.2.5
3-113. a: x = 2 b: x = –7
$0.84 g
3-117. a: pound
b: 0.6 cm c: ≈ $3.50
d: $11.88 e: ≈ 169 shots f: 3 13 teaspoons
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Lesson 4.1.1 (Day 1)
4-2. a: b:
c: d:
e:
4-3. a: b:
x y
Figure 0 0 4
1 7
2 10
3 13
4 16
Figure 4 c: The point would lie at (5, 19), because the rule is
y = 3x + 4 or because it is possible to predict on the
graph.
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Lesson 4.1.1 (Day 2)
4-7. The parabola should pass through the points (0, 0) and (2, 0) and have a vertex at (1, –1).
4-8. She should have received two sports cars and ten pieces of furniture.
4-11. y = x2 + 1
Lesson 4.1.2
4-17. a: 3 b: –1
4-18. ≈ 83 words
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Lesson 4.1.3
4-25. a: b: Figure # of
# Tiles
Figure 0 Figure 4 0 3
1 5
c: y = 2x + 3 2 7
3 9
4-26. 5 cm 4 11
4-27. a: x = 2 b: x = 0
4-28.
IN (x) –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
OUT (y) –2.5 –2 –1.5 –1 –0.5 0 0.5
Lesson 4.1.4
4-37. a: Answers will vary.
b: Each figure has 4 more tiles than the figure before it.
c: y = 4x + 5
4-38. Figure 0 has 7 tiles. Figure 1 has 9 tiles. The pattern of growth is adding 2.
The rule is y = 2x + 7.
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Lesson 4.1.5
4-44. Possible solution table:
x – 4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4
y –14 –11 –8 –5 –2 1 4 7 10
a: See graph at right.
b: Yes. –152 = 3(–50) – 2
4-47. a: b:
1 10
2 –2 –5
2.5 –7
c: 5 d: –112
–5 –1 8 –14
–6 –6
4-50. a: The line should pass through (3, 0) and (0, 3).
b: Yes. –29 = 3 – 32
4-52. a: x = 6 b: x = 16 c: x = 1.5 d: x = 8
4-53. a: This should be a horizontal line with a positive y-value that ends at x = 10.
b: This should start with positive y-value and have a slope of 0, then it should turn to
negative slope, and then it should return to a slope of 0 at the x-axis.
c: This should start horizontally along the line x = 0, then it should rise quickly to a
higher horizontal line, and then it should descend to a lower positive horizontal line,
ending at x = 4.
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Lesson 4.1.6
y
4-59. a: y b: c: y d: y
+1 +1 +3 +2
+2 –2 +1
+1
x x x x
4-61. The first can be stated, “y is twice x increased by 5,” and the second can be stated, “y is 6
times x increased by 5.”
a: Both have 5 tiles. b: y = 6x + 5. m is greater.
Lesson 4.1.7
4-67. a: x: (1.5, 0), y: (0, 3) b: x and y: (0, 0)
c: No x-intercept, y: (0, 3) d: x: (6, 0), y: (0, 3)
4-69. Figure 6. 40 = 6x + 4
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a”
Lesson 5.1.1
5-5. y = 7x + 5
Lesson 5.1.2
5-18. a: x = 10.5 b: x = 3
10
5-22. a: x = 5 b: x = 2 c: y = 0 d: x = 38
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Lesson 5.2.1
5-27. 18
7 or ≈ 2.57 blocks per minute. 7 ÷ 18 ⋅ 50 ≈ 19.44 minutes
a: y = 3x – 1 b: y = 5x + 2
y+5 p−9
5-31. a: x = 2 b: w = −3 c: m = 2n + 5 d: y = –3x
Lesson 5.2.2
5-36. a: Science Club: y = 20 + 10x, Math Club: y = 50 + 5x
b: In 6 weeks.
c: $80
5-37. a: x2 + 5x + 6 b: 4x + 10
5-40. a: x = 10
7 b: x = – 27
5
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Lesson 5.2.3
5-47. She is not correct, because the point does not make both equations true.
y
5-48. See graph at right.
a: (2, 1)
b: (2, 1) x
5-49. a: y = 20 b: a = –7
Lesson 5.2.4
5-57. a: (5, 3) b: (2, –6)
5-58. a: y = 4x – 3 b: y = x + 3 c: y = – 23 x + 6 d: y = – 23 x + 2
5-59. 30 ounces
5-60. a: x = 8
3 b: x = 8
7 c: Answers will vary.
5-61. a: x = –2 b: x = 3
2 = 1 12 c: x = 3 d: No solution
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Lesson 6.1.1
6-2. Reflect (flip) across the x-axis, slide 7 spaces right or slide 7 spaces right, reflect across
the x-axis.
–2 2 x
–2
6-6. y = –2x + 13
Lesson 6.1.2
6-12. See graph at right. Triangle D is an answer for problem 6-13. y
D
6-13. See graph in problem 6-12. (5, 4), (7, 6), and (6, 7) A
C
6-16. a: b: y = 5x + 1, 51 tiles
Figure 0 Figure 4
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Lesson 6.1.3
6-27. a: No, her shape translated 10 units to the right, and 6 – (–4) = 10.
b: 8 – 5; It moved 10 units right and 3 units up.
c: i: right 2, down 7; ii: right 7, down 6; iii: left 4, down 7; iv: right 4, up 18
6-29. a: y = 4x – 3 b: y = x + 3
c: y = – 23 x + 6 d: y = – 23 x + 2
6-30. Let s represent the length of Side #1, s + s + 2s – 1 = 31, Side #1 = Side #2 = 8 cm,
Side #3 = 2 · 8 – 1 = 15 cm
6-31. a: – 146
700 or –
73
350 b: 0.12 23
c: 13 45 d: –1.8 or – 1 45
Lesson 6.1.4
6-36. a: Slide the triangle to the right 2 units and down 3 units.
b: (–1, 0), (–1, –2), (0, 0) x y
c: (3, 1), (3, 3), (2, 3) –2 7
–1 4
6-37. See table and graph at right. 0 1
1 –2
6-38. a = –3, b = – 12 2 –5
6-40. 2
1 = x
2.5
, x = 30 minutes
6
6-41. a: y = –2x + 2
3
b: Yes. It can be written in the form y = mx + b.
c: growth = –2, y-intercept = ( 0, 2 )
3
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Lesson 6.2.1
y
6-46. a: (6, –4), (–2, –4), and (4, 4)
b: See graph at right.
x
c: Its sides are twice as long and it is rotated 180°.
6-47. (–1, 3)
6-50. It depends. While the Distributive Property states that a(b + c) = ab + ac, in this case the
value of x is unknown. The statement is false if x ≠ 0, but the statement is true if x = 0.
y = 3x – 2
Lesson 6.2.2
6-58. (–2, –8), (1, 12), (4, 8)
The shapes are not similar because corresponding angles are no longer equal.
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Lesson 6.2.3
6-70. Figures A and F, B and D, and G and I are similar.
6-71. $24.58
y
6-72. y = 3x + 3 x y
1 6
2 9
3 12
6-74. a: −3 10
7 b: − 12
5 c: 6 58 d: − 217 1
54 or –4 54
Lesson 6.2.4
6-80. a: Slide the triangle to the left 2 units and up two units.
b: (–3, 3), (–2, 2), (–3, 1)
c: (1, 1), (0, 0), (1, –1)
6-82. y = 3x
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Lesson 6.2.5
6-92. 3, x = 24 mm, y = 10 mm
6-94. a: y b: No solution
c: There is no solution to the system of equations because the two lines do not intersect.
6-95. a: 47 inches
b: 43 inches and 49 inches
c:
6-96. (–3, 12), (–2, 10), (0, 6), (2, 2), (4, –2), (6, –6)
a: Multiply x by negative 2 and then add 6.
b: Answers will vary.
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Lesson 6.2.6
6-103. a: 6 ⋅ 2 = 12 b: 4 ⋅ 23 = 6
6-105. Part (a) is done correctly since it has both the equally spaced number line and the box
plot. Part (b) has an equally spaced number line that is numbered incorrectly.
6-106. a: Parallelogram
b: A′(–3, –1), B′(–1, –3), C′(4, –2), and D′
stays at (2, 0).
c: (–9, 3), (–3, 9), (12, 6), (6, 0)
6-107. x
8 = 18
8 ,x= 32
9 = 3.5
6-109. a: y = 2x + 2 b: x 0 1 2 3
Figure # 0 1 2 3 y 7 4 1 –2
# of Tiles 2 4 6 8
c: y = 3x + 1 d: y = –2x + 6
x 0 1 2 3
y 6 4 2 0
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Lesson 7.1.1
7-7. a: 23% Ride in Car
31.25%
b: Answers will vary. Coal and nuclear total 31%; coal and
renewable total 30%; natural gas and nuclear also total 30% Bus
37.5%
c: Answers will vary. One possible answer: oil and nuclear
total 48%.
Ride Bike Walk
7-8. See graph at far right. 12.5% 18.75%
7-9. a: y = 8 – 6x b: x = – 1
6 y + 86 c: x = 3
Lesson 7.1.2
Price (thousands of $)
7-17. a: Answers will vary. b: See graph. Answers will vary.
7-19. a: 3 b: 1 c: 2
7-21. a: 16 b: 2 c: Undefined d: 0
7-22. a: 18%
b: No. The data is not numerical; she could have made a bar graph.
c: 2925 fiction books
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Lesson 7.1.3
7-29. a: Negative association: as the number of hours watching TV increases, GPA decreases.
b: Positive association: as age increases the number of gray hairs increase.
c: No association between length of hair and shoe size.
7-32. a: 16
30 = 15
8 b: 4
7 c: – 10
21 d: 16
15
1
or 1 15
7-33. a: x = –3 b: x = 10
7
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Lesson 7.2.1
7-37. This would be an example of a negative association, because as the speed increases, the
time it takes to drive a constant distance decreases.
7-38. Let x represent the price of first painting, x + 5x + 1500 = 13500, x = 2000, The most
expensive painting sold for $10,000.
7-42. a: – 23 3
or –1 20 b: 5 c: – 3 or – 1 d: 19 4
or 1 15
20 24 6 2 15
e: 53 7
f: –1 18
56
Lesson 7.2.2
7-49. a: Line A because it increases most quickly.
b: 5
c: They are equal.
7-50. A, D, C, B
7-52. a: 30%
b: water park (30%) and amusement park (29%)
c: Answers will vary.
7-54. x = 15, y = 9
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Lesson 7.2.3
7-61. slope = 5
2
7-62. a: 3
5 b: 6
5 c: 2
2 =1
7-64. x + 2x = 4.5, x = 1.5. x represents the number of hours she swims. She will swim for
1.5 hours and play volleyball for 3 hours.
7-66. a: x = 5 b: x = 2 c: y = 0 d: x = 38
Lesson 7.2.4
7-71. a: > b: = c: <
7-72. Graph 1: positive, non-linear association, with one outlier, Graph 2: positive linear
association with no outliers.
7-73. The slope of − 43 is correct because the line is decreasing and for every four units that the
line moves to the right, it also goes down 3 units.
7-74. a: x = 12 b: w = 0 c: x = 1 d: No solution
7-75. a: 0 pounds
b: The graph should show a line with positive slope. Units labeled on the axes should be
in pounds (vertical axis) and feet (horizontal axis).
c: 4 pounds
3
d: 9 feet
7-76. a: 4896 sq. units b: 91 + 13x sq. units c: 900 sq. units d: 336 sq. units
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Lesson 7.2.5
7-81. a: 6.75 miles b: y = 3
20 x
7-82. Neither, 8
10 = 12
15
7-84. a: b: c: d:
3.6 4.2 24.8 – 49
2.4 1.5 7 0.6 3.1 8 7 –7
3.9 7.6 11.1 0
7-85. a: – 4
3 b: (0, –5) c: y = – 4
3 x–5
Lesson 7.3.1
y
7-91. Answers will vary.
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Lesson 7.3.2
7-102. a: Moderate positive linear association with no outliers.
b: If the y-intercept was drawn at the origin or negative, it does not make sense; a child of
zero years should have a little positive height.
7-103. a: A box plot shows center and spread of single-variable numerical data nicely.
b: A scatterplot will show the relationship between age and fuel efficiency.
c: 45
Fuel Efficiency (mpg)
40
35
30
25
20
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Age of Car (years)
d: Weak negative linear association.
e: y = –0.7x + 36
f: About 31 mpg.
g: A slope of negative –0.7 means that for each additional year old a car is, we expect it
to go 0.7 less miles per gallon; y-intercept of 36 means that a new car is predicted to
go 36 mpg.
7-104. 75 hops
7-105. a: Liz is saving at a greater rate because her line is increasing faster (is steeper).
b: Liz: 60 or 30 , Jeffrey: 70 . The slope tells you at what rate they each are saving.
2 1 3
7-106. a: x = –2 b: x = 15 c: x = 2 d: No solution
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7-110. a: Number of Highly Fuel Efficient Trucks Purchased: 834
Regular Trucks Purchased: 79184
Low Fuel Prices: 37321
High Fuel Prices: 42697
Fuel prices
b: There does not appear to be an association; only about 1% of cars are fuel efficient,
regardless of whether prices are high or low.
Low Fuel Prices High Fuel Prices
Number of Highly Fuel Efficient
≈ 1.1% ≈ 1.0%
Trucks Purchased
Number of Ordinary Cars and
≈ 98.9% ≈ 99.0%
Regular Trucks Purchased
7-111. See table below; the independent variable is the hours of sleep; there is an association; as
the number of hours of sleep increases, a higher percent of the students remember all ten
items.
Remembered all 10 items?
Yes No
Less than 7 hours sleep ≈ 3.9% ≈ 96.1%
7-9 hours sleep ≈ 9.2% ≈ 90.8%
At least 10 hours sleep 20.0% 80.0%
7-113. Yes, 1500 wph = 25 words per minute; he can text 125 words in 5 minutes.
7-115. a: x = 15
4 = 3 43 b: x = $2
1.15 ≈ $1.74
c: x = –5 d: x = 12, y = 16
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8-7. a: P = $500, I = $37.50, r = 2.5% (0.025), t = 3 years
b: I = 200(0.04)(5) = $40
8-8. If she takes the loan, she will need to pay back $372; she saves $22 by waiting.
8-9. 5%
8-11. a:
# OF STUDENTS Hours Spent Studying Per Week
Hours of After-School
Less Than 8 Hours Eight or More Hours
Activities Per Week
29 ≈ 60% 19 ≈ 40%
Less Than 5 Hours 48 48
14 = 28% 36 = 72%
Five or More Hours 50 50
b: There is an association, but it is opposite to what we might expect. Students who have
more after-school activities tend to study more than students who have fewer after-
school activities.
8-12. x = 26 23 mm, y = 81 mm, z = 22.5 mm
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8-18. Rachel will have $1480, so she will still be $20 short.
(dollars)
Student
10 $35
15 $23.33
20 $17.50
35 $10 Students on Trip
8-22. a: – 13
60 b: 11
36 c: – 11
28 d: – 4
3 or –1 13
8-23. See graph at right. New vertices: (0, 2), (6, 4), and (4, 8).
All pairs of corresponding sides are parallel.
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8-30. a: 1 represents 100%, or the full amount in the account, and r represents the interest rate.
They are added so that you calculate the percent based on the previous balance, not
just the principal.
b: $2813.77
–3 3 x
–3
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8-47. a: 42 ⋅ 53 b: 35 ⋅ y2 c: 64x4 = (6x)4
8-49. See graph at right. (4, 4), (7, 4), (6, 7).
0
8-50. Yes, there is a strong association. If the kelp growth rate is low,
then there is a greater percentage of small crabs. If the kelp growth rate
is high, then there is a greater percentage of large crabs.
8-52. $46.54
8-56. a: Both strategies will work eventually, but adding five to both sides will isolate the
x-term.
b: x = 4
8-58. This parabola should point downward and pass through (0, 0) and (–2, 0); the vertex is at
(–1, 2). The graph is non-linear.
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8-70. a: y = − 12 x + 23 b: x = –2y
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8-88. a: 9.25 × 10–1 b: Correct c: Correct d: 8.3 × 103
8-89. Power Decimal Fraction a: The 1 moves one decimal place to the
of 10 Form Form right, and the denominator of the fraction
is multiplied by 10.
100 1
b: Write 1 in the numerator and 1 followed
10 –1
0.1 by 12 zeros in the denominator.
10–2 0.01
10–3 0.001
10– 4 0.0001
10–5 0.00001
8-90. a: $6964.42
b: Yes, $8812.22
c: The graph would be a curve that begins at $6439 and curves upwards.
8-91. a: 6 b: 17 c: –4.5 d: 3 e: 13 f: –4
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8-94. a: 5.4678 × 103 b: 3.2 × 10–3 c: 8.00702 × 106
8-95. a: 1 = 3−5 b: x2 = 10 −1 x 2 c: 1 d: x2
35 10 4
8-96. a: – 72 or – 24 b: 23 c: 24 or 3
75 25 45 280 35
d: – 27 5
e: –4 18 f: 105 or 10 12
70 10
Lesson 8.2.4
8-109. a: 6 × 105 b: 6.875 × 106 c: 2 × 105
8-110. a: x7 b: y3 c: x7
8-113. a: ≈ $40 b: ≈ $55, draw a trend line and read the point from the y-axis.
c: ≈ $75, extend the trend line.
8-126. a: x = 7 b: x = 1
2 y –1 c: x = 2 d: x = 3
8 y+3
b: 2
3
8-128. a: 20
8 = 2.5 b: s = 14, t = 40 c: Answers will vary.
8-131. Let b = bank balance, m = # months, b = 3m + 210, b = 4.5m + 187. The girls will have
the same amount of money in 15 13 months.
8-133. a: x = 9 b: x = 143 c: x = 13
5 or 2.6 d: x = 7
8-135. a: (–2, 2), (–2, 0), (1, 2) b: (4, –1), (4, –3), (1, –1)
c: (–1, 4), (–3, 4), (–1, 1) d: (–8, –2), (–8, –6), (–2, –2)
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9-8. a: m∠2 = 63º, lines ||, alt. int. ∠s ≅, m∠3 = 117°, suppl. ∠s.
b: 3x – 18º = 74º, x = 30.67º, lines ||, corr. ∠s ≅.
c: 3x – 9º = x + 25º, lines ||, alt. int. ∠s ≅, x = 17º; m∠2 = 3(17º) – 9º = 42º, substitution.
9-9. Answers will vary. m∠1 = 53º, m∠2 = 72º, m∠3 = 55º, m∠4 = 127º, m∠6 = 55º
9-11. 3
4 x = 61.5 , x = 82 miles
9-12. 3 p.m.
Height (inches)
Lesson 9.1.2
9-21. a: 55º, right b: 60º, acute
9-22. a: m∠4 = m∠5 (alt. int. ∠s ≅) or m∠4 = m∠8 (corr. ∠s ≅), then st. ∠s, m∠6 = 119º or
m∠4 + m∠6 = 180º (same side interior ∠s suppl.)
b: corr. and vert. ∠s or vert. ∠s, alt. int. ∠s, vert. ∠s, m∠ 8 = 48°
c: corr. ∠s ≅, suppl., m∠8 = 43º
9-23.
Fuel Efficiency
9-26. a: y = – 6
5 x−4 b: y = 1
2 x–2
Age of Car (years)
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9-33. a: c is parallel to d, alt. int. ∠s ≅ b: e is parallel to f, corr. ∠s ≅
c: None d: c is parallel to d, vert ∠s ≅, then corr. ∠s ≅
e: c is parallel to d, suppl. same side int. ∠s ≅
9-35. a: 20
7 = 2 67 50
b: – 143 c: – 189
220 d: 144
15 = 48
5 = 9 53
9-36. a: x = 7 b: x = –2 c: x = 2 d: x = 4
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9-45. a: 15 b: 7.7 c: y = 40
3
30
5 10
Age of Car (years)
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9-56. a: Yes, there are two equal angles, the right angle and the 32º angle.
b: 5 cm
c: 3
d: Small = 20 sq cm, large = 180 sq cm
9-58. x 5 1 4 0 –2 3
y –17 –5 –14 –2 4 –11
a: y = –3x – 2 b: –3
9-59. x = shortest side length, x + 3x + (10 + 2x) = 142. Sides are 22 cm, 54 cm, and 66 cm.
9-60. Cisco is incorrect. She also needs to be sure that the graph makes a straight line or that
the table would have equivalent ratios; the graph of y = x2 does not make a straight line.
9-61. a: x = 11.5 b: x = 6 c: x = 45
16
9-66. Carbon weighs more. An exponent of –22 indicates that the decimals was moved
22 places to the left (versus 27 for hydrogen).
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9-74. 4 rectangles (1 by 24, 2 by 12, 3 by 8, and 4 by 6). No.
Lesson 9.2.3
9-88. a: 15 cm b: 121 cm2 c: 20 m d: ≈ 12.25 ft
9-90. a: –2 b: (0, 5)
9-91. a: b: c: d:
1.5 3.4 2.6 70
0.3 5 0.2 17 0.2 13 20 3.5
5.3 17.2 13.2 23.5
9-92. Table b is not a function because there are two different outputs for when x = 2.
9-95. 12
20 = w
50 , w = 30
9-111. 7 cup
12
9-112. P = 34 m, A = 74 sq m
d: 1 e: m4 f: 3a 4 b
n2 5
9-115. a: 0 b: –32 c: 13
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9-129. a: Side lengths of 3, 4, and 5, perimeter of 12.
b: Right triangle. The legs are perpendicular because they align with the
xy-coordinate grid.
9-130. 40 km
9-131. a: 7
10 b: 7
9 c: 15
100 = 3
20 d: 15
99 = 5
33
9-132. a: 28
5 = 5 53 b: –100 c: 10 d: –4 12
7
e: – 12 f: 29 7
g: – 100 h: –56 12
50
9-133. a: 34x7 b: 2
3 c: 1
4 or 4–1
Lesson 9.2.6
9-139. 25 meters
9-142. a: 1 = 3−5 b: x2 = 10 −1 x 2 c: 1 d: x2
35 10 4
9-143. a: y = –x + 2 b: –1
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9-149. 68 ≈ 8.24
9-152. The lines are parallel, so they do not intersect; therefore, there is no solution.
9-154. a: 120 or 24 b: – 27 or –6 43 c: 18 or 3 53
35 7 4 5
Lesson 10.1.1
10-12. a: 12, rational b: 3.78, irrational c: 0.5, rational
10-15. a: 72
100 = 18
25 b: 72
99 = 11
8 c: 175
1000 = 7
40 d: 175
999
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10-26. a: A = 25π ≈ 78.54 cm2, V ≈ 785.4 cm3
b: A = 3.42π ≈ 36.32, V ≈ 326.88 cm3
10-27. 744 in.3; No, the shape of the base does not matter, just its area.
10-29. a: 1 = 5 −6 b: a3b c: 83 = 8 3 x −1 d: 1
56 x 62
10-30. a: 6 b: 8 c: 24 d: –24
e: 0 f: 4
Lesson 10.1.3
10-42. 936 cubic feet. Volume of the prism = 3 times the volume of the pyramid.
10-43. Table (b) is proportional because it is the only one that could contain (0, 0) and grows
using a Giant One.
10-45. a: 16 units b: (1, 6), (5, 3), and (1, 0) c: It is still 16 units.
x y
10-46. a: See table far right, the rule is undefined for x = –1.
–1 undef.
b: See graph at right. y 0 0
c: Non-linear growth, the values do not increase 1 1
by a constant amount. 2 ≈ 1.41
x
3 ≈ 1.73
d: Yes, there is only one output for each input. 4 2
5 ≈ 2.24
6 ≈ 2.45
7 ≈ 2.65
8 ≈ 2.83
9 3
10 ≈ 3.16
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10-55. a: 500
3 π ≈ 523.6 cm3
10-56. 4
3 π r 3 = 113.04, r ≈ 3 ft
30
Sarah’s house)
20
10
2 4 6
Time (hours)
b: For the first 3 hours, the graph is linear and increasing. The next segment is constant,
or has a slope of 0 while they are resting. The last 2-hour segment is linear and
decreasing.
10-60. a: 24 cups
b: 40 cups
c: c = 4t
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10-65. 9.98 × 1017
10-67. 12 + 2 5 or approximately 16.47 units, the perimeter is irrational because the decimal
does not repeat or terminate.
10-68. a: 25x6 b: 2
3ab c: 6m4n6
16 = x , x = 9 3 ≈ 9.33
b: Similar by AA ~, 12
10-69. a: Cannot determine if similar. 7 1
x x
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