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6TH MAY
BY ISABELLA NOVAK
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she wasnt using them and turned appliances off when theyre not in use. Lastly, she convinced her family to help decreased their electricity usage too.
using 700 KwH a month. Thats a huge reduction and she did it by taking action and doing what she planned! The change Vaishnavi did was small but it made a huge difference. If we all did this and reduced our After 6 months, she made a usage, we could all work huge difference. (See graph together and help our world. above.) She started off using Maybe this will inspire you to between 1300 and 2000 KwH a do your own Human Impact month but as she reduced her on the Environment Project at electricity usage, she brought home. this number down. She is now ~How
to
Do~
To
$ind
an
equation
of
a
$itted
line
(like
the
one
used
in
the
graph
above),
$irst
start
with
the
formula
y=mx+b
(m
being
the
slope
and
b
being
the
y-intercept).
In
the
graph
above
we
are
given
many
points,
I
used
(2,1400)
and
(1,1600).
To
$ind
the
slope,
minus
the
rise/run
of
both
points
and
solve
(1400/2
-
1600/1
=
-200),
replace
m
in
the
formula
with
your
answer
(y=-200x
+
b).
After
that,
$ind
the
y-intercept
by
substituting
a
point
from
your
graph
into
your
formula.
I
used
(1,1600)
and
your
equation
becomes:
1600
=
-200
+
b.
Solve
that
by
+200
onto
each
side
and
you
end
up
with:
1800
=
k.
With
both
the
slope
and
y-intercept
I
plot
it
back
in
the
original
equation
(y=mx+b).
The
equation
is
now
$inished
and
looks
like:
y=-200x
+
1800
~Prediction~
October November December January February March April
With the equation I made I can predict what month Vaishnavi will be using 300 KwH. First you use the equation (y=-200x+1800) and replace y with 300 (300=-200x +1800) and solve for x. To solve, minus 1800 from both sides (- 1500=-200x) then divide both sides by -200. We end up with 7.5=x. Since the graph started on October you need to count 7.5 months from there. Prediction: Vaishnavi will be using 300 KwH halfway through May.