Axia College Material

Appendix D
The Environment
Environmental and wildlife preservation ensures future generations will have available resources and can
enjoy the beauty of Earth. On the other hand, some of the damage humans have already done to the
environment is expensive and time consuming to eradicate.
Application Practice
Answer the following questions. Use Equation Editor to write mathematical expressions and equations.
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#. $he cost, in millions of dollars, to remove x % of pollution in a la"e modeled by
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a. &hat is the cost to remove '(% of the pollutant)
) 75 ( 2 200
000 , 6

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b. &hat is the cost to remove -,% of the pollutant)
) 90 ( 2 200
000 , 6

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!*.,, cost to remove -,%
c. &hat is the cost to remove --% of the pollutant)
) 99 ( 2 200
000 , 6

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d. or what value is this equation undefined)
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undefined when you divide by ,.
e. 2o the answers to sections a. through d. match your expectations) Explain why or why
not.
$he answer to sections a. through d. does match my expectations. &hen 3 try to solve
the equations based on the percentage it ma"es sense. 3 cannot find the cost to remove
#,,% of the pollutant for question d. $here is not away to remove #,,% or there would
be no reason to spend money for the removal of air pollutants.
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+. 4iologists want to set up a station to test alligators in the la"e for &est 6ile :irus. ;uppose that
the costs for such a station are <+,(,, for setup costs and <..,, to administer each test.
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a. &rite an expression that gives the total cost to test x animals.
+(,,>.x
b. ?ou can find the average cost per animal by dividing total costs by number of animals.
&rite the expression that gives the average cost per animal.
5+(,,>.x70x
c. ind the average cost per animal for #, animals, #,, animals, and #,,,, animals.
#,9 5+(,,>.,70#,*<+(@, #,,9 5+(,,>.,,70#,,*<+@, #,,,9 5+(,,>.,,,70#,,,*<(.(,
d. As the number of animals tested increases, what happens to the average cost to test the
animals) &ould the average cost ever fall below <..,,) 3f so, identify a value that
supports your answer. 3f not, explain how you "now.
$he average cost decreases.
$he average cost will not fall below <..,,
5+(,,>.x70xA., +(,,>.xA.x, this tells me that it will not, its false
e. Bow many animals should be tested for the average cost to be <(.,, per animal)
5+(,,>.x70x*(, (x*+(,,>.x, +x*+(,,, x*#+(,
.. $o estimate animal populations, biologists count the total number of animals in a small section of
a habitat. $he total population of animals is directly proportional to the siCe of the habitat 5in
acres7 polled.
a. &rite an equation using only one variable that could be used to solve for the constant of
variation k.
Dopulation*"5habitat siCe7, p*"5a7
b. A biologist counted #+ white tail deer in a #,,1acre parcel of land in a nature preserve.
ind the constant of variation k.
#+*"5#,,7, "*,.#+
c. 3f the entire nature preserve is +,(,, acres, then what is the total white tail deer
population in the preserve) 2escribe how you arrived at your answer.
D*,.#+5a7, p*,.#+5+(,,7*.,,
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