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Mystery Liquids: Linear Function

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High schoolers determine the linear equations of the density of water and oil by collecting data on the mass of various volumes of each liquid. They construct scatter plots from the data and use these to write the linear equations for both liquids.

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density, linear functions, functions, scatter plots, graphs

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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Math
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2 hrs
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