GIVEN
1) Females outnumber males by 3 to 2.
2) There are 1770 people in the city.
SOLUTION
Let the number of males be x and the number of females y. Therefore, the total number of people can be written to be:
If there are 3 females for every 2 males, we have that:
We can substitute equation (2) into equation (1) and solve for y:
Dividing both sides by 5, we have
There are 1062 females in the county.
Given:
Angelica reads 15 pages of a book each day.
In 10 days, she reads 200 pages.
Assume the relationship is linear.
To find:
The rate of change and initial value.
Solution:
The slope intercept form of a linear function is:
...(i)
Where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.
Angelica reads 15 pages of a book each day. So, the rate of change is 15 pages per day and .
In 10 days, she reads 200 pages. It means the linear relation passes through the point (10,200).
Putting in (i), we get
So, the y-intercept is 50. It means the initial number of pages angelica already read is 50.
Therefore, the rate of change is 15, it means Angelica reads 15 pages per day. The y-intercept is 50, it means the initial number of pages angelica already read is 50.
