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Riling Algebra 1 Graphing Project Record sales in the US from 2000 2008: Extra credit: find your own data! Years since 2000 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 US Record Sales (millions of dollars) 785 763 681 687 667 619 542 500 428 374 326 www.gloriousnoise.com

1. Plot the points from the table above on a scatter. Label your axes as follows:

Be neat! Use graph paper. Also remember: your scale can increase by large increments. 2. Brief Analysis: a) Describe what the graph you created looks like. b) Why do you think that the data is changing in this way? 3. Predictions: a) Use the graph to guess how many millions of dollars there were in record sales in the US in 2011. Explain your reasoning. b) Look up the US record sales in 2011. (Cite your source as though this was English class.) c) Is this what you expected based on your graph? Based on what you know about music? Why or why not?

Grading Rubric 4 Neatness Professional. Typed or perfect handwriting with no errors. Thoroughness All possibilities have been explored and all loose ends have been tied. Mathematical There are no Accuracy mistakes. Quality of Explanations The explanations are easy to follow and understand. All outside sources are cited exactly like your English teachers have taught you. 3 A few errors that do not get in the way of reading. There are one or two loose ends. 2 Errors and/or messiness make it difficult to read. There are several obvious possibilities that have been ignored. There are several large math errors. The descriptions get a general idea across, but it takes effort to understand them. Sources are cited, but not in a proper way. 1 Extremely sloppy and full of mechanical and grammar errors. The work is extremely shallow and does not go into depth. All the math is sloppy and poorly done. The writing seems last minute and to not have meaning behind it. Sources are not cited. This is called PLAGIARISM!!

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There are small errors that do not affect the big picture. There are a few times in which the meaning is difficult to understand. Sources are cited very nearly perfectly.