Algebra 1 | Unit 4 | Lesson 8: Interpreting and Creating Graphs | Practice Problems

Here are descriptions of four situations in which the volume of water in a tank is a function of time. Match each description to a corresponding graph.

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• A 2,000-gallon water tank starts out empty. It is being filled for 5 hours, slowly at first, and faster later.

Clare describes her morning at school yesterday: “I entered the school on the first floor, then walked up to the third floor and stayed for my class for an hour. Afterwards, I had an hour-long class in the basement, and after that I went back to the ground level and sat outside to eat my lunch." Sketch a possible graph of her height from the ground floor as a function of time.

Noah draws this box plot for data that has a measure of variability 0. Explain why the box plot is complete even though there do not appear to be any boxes.