Linear Equations: New York City's record temperature
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Part 1: Using the Library, web resources, and/or other materials, find a record-breaking temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit) for a town or city of your choice. Include the name of the town, along with the temperature, and what record was broken. Give the formula for converting degrees Fahrenheit to degrees Celsius. Using the formula, show how to convert the measurement to degrees Celsius.
(I will be using New York City's record temperature of 104 degrees Fahrenheit/40 degrees celcius).
Part 2: find a real-life application of a linear function. State the application, give the equation of the linear function, and state what the x and y in the application represent. Choose at least two values of x to input into your function and find the corresponding y for each. State, in words, what each x and y means in terms of your real-life application. Please see the following example. Do not use any version of this example in your own post. You may use other variables besides x and y, such as x and W as depicted in the example.
The number of women, W, in millions, enrolled in colleges x years after 1984 can be approximated by W = 0.01x + 3.9. (Blitzer, 2007). When x = 16, W = 0.01(16) + 3.9 = 4.06. This implies that in the year 2000 (16 years from 1984) there were approximately 4.06 million women enrolled in colleges. When x = 20, W = 0.01(20) + 3.9 = 4.1. This implies that in the year 2004 (20 years from 1984) there were approximately 4.1 million women enrolled in colleges.
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Two parts: the first uses NYC record high temp and coverts it to Celsius; the second part uses a linear function to the number of games he could have coached is the number of games (x) to the number of wins (y) AND Tiger Woods' winning percentage for his first 10 years on the PGA Tourto estimate the number of tournaments he will enter (x) to the number of tournaments he will win (y)
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Part 1:
(I will be using New York City's record temperature of 104 degrees Fahrenheit/40 degrees Celsius).
City: New York City
Temperature: 104 degrees F
Record: High Temperature
Celsius = 5/9(x-32)
Celsius = 5/9(104-32)
Celsius = .556(72)
Celsius = 40
Part 2: Here are a couple of ...
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