Welcome Back!

I hope everyone has had an enjoyable holiday break, and is ready to gear back up for the last 17 days of school before the end of the first semester. After taking care of a little business, we used the handheld computers to graph 6 linear equations. Once that was done, students changed the equations into inequalities, and boy, were the graphs different! We learned that inequalities have many more points that will satisfy the statement than equalities do. Inequalities involving < or > are represented by dashed lines, while inequalities involving ≤ or ≥ are represented by solid lines. Using the coordinates of the origin (0, 0) can be an efficient way to check for which side of the line needs to be shaded.


Tonight's Homework: Page 363 (23 - 41, odd). Don't forget that the extra credit report on a woman scientist, mathematician or engineer is due by Thursday, January 10th.

P.S. Hi, Natalie! Hope all is well in Hawaii! You might benefit from reading pages 360 - 362 prior to doing the graphing work.