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Graded Assignment
Unit Test, Part 2: Linear Equations and Systems
Answer the questions below. When you have finished, submit this assignment to your teacher by the due date for full credit.
(10 points)
1. The table gives the population of a town for the years 2000–2009.
a. Make a scatter plot of the data, draw a line of best fit, and then find the equation of the line of best fit. Show and explain your work.
b. Describe what the slope of the line of best fit represents.
c. Use the equation to predict the population in the year 2013. Show your work.
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(10 points)
2. Solve the following system. Show all your work.
(10 points)
3. The manager of a fish store has water that is 10% salt and water that is 25% salt. He needs to fill an aquarium with 5 gallons of water that is 20% salt.
a. Write a system of linear equations that you can use to determine how many gallons of each type of salt water the manager should combine. Be sure to define your variables.
b. Solve the system and determine how many gallons of each type of salt water the manager should combine. Show all your work.
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