Visiting a Park/Running Laps (7.2.7)
Visiting a Park
Entrance to a state park costs $6 per vehicle, plus $2 per person in the vehicle.
- How much would it cost for a car with 2 people to enter the park? 4 people? 10 people? Record your answers in the table below.
number of
people in vehicle total entrance cost
in dollars 2 ? 4 ? 10 ?
Cost per Person?
For each row in the table, if each person in the vehicle splits the entrance cost equally, how much will each person pay?
Proportional or Not?
Is the relationship between the number of people and the total entrance cost a proportional relationship? Explain how you know.
Running Laps
Han and Clare were running laps around the track. The coach recorded their times at the end of laps
2, 4, 6, and 8.
Is Clare running at a constant pace?
Suppose Clare IS running at a constant rate....
Represent the relationship between distance and time with an equation.