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Grade 8 Goal: Analyze Change in Various Contexts (Interpret Story Graphs)
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1. The lines on the following graph
represent three trips taken by
three different people on the
same day. Use the graph to fill in
the blank spaces in the
description of trip A.
Trip A – With his pencils and sketch
pad in the bicycle basket, Mr. Lewis
left Viewpoint at 8 a.m. and rode his
bicycle for ___ hour(s) into the
country at a speed of ____ miles per
hour. He stayed in the country for
___ hour(s) sketching and drawing.
He rode back to Viewpoint on his
bicycle in ____ hour(s) at a speed of
____ miles per hour.
2. Steve can row a boat 6 miles per hour going downstream (in the same direction
as the force of the current) and 1 ½ miles per hour going upstream (in the
opposite direction of the current). Steve has only 5 hours to complete a round trip
downstream.
Use the following graph to
answer the questions that
follow:
A. How many hours after he begins his trip must he start his return upstream?
B. How far downstream can he go? Explain.
C. If he stops at a dock 3 miles downstream, how long may he fish before he starts
back? Explain your answer.
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