document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=312926>Question 312926</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An anthropologist drives a car at a speed of 30mph along a straight road in Giza Egypt while on a discovery trip. The distance D(t) traveled by the anthropologist as a function of time t is given as D(t)=30t.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1) What variable represents the domain and which variable represents the range in this problem?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2) What does the value 30mph represent in this function? Explain<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3) the Initial position of the anthropologist's vehicle at the start of time is t=0. Use the given function to find D(3). Explain what your answer means.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4) If you were to graph D(t), what would be the appropriate domain? range? Explain. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "1) What variable represents the domain and which variable represents the range in this problem?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Domain: t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Range: D(t)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2) What does the value 30mph represent in this function? Explain<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ans: 30  is the slope.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For each increase of 1 for \"t\", D(t) increases by 30.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3) the Initial position of the anthropologist's vehicle at the start of time is t=0. Use the given function to find D(3). Explain what your answer means.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D(3) = 30*3 = 90 miles <BR>\n" );
document.write( "When the car travels for 3 hrs at 30mph the distance traveled is 90 miles.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4) If you were to graph D(t), what would be the appropriate domain? range? Explain.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Domain: t >= 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Range: D(t)>= 0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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