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6) A roller coaster park is open from May to October each year. The graph shows the number of park

visitors over its season.

a) Segment l shows that attendance during the

opening days of the park's season stayed

constant. Describe what Segment 2 shows.

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b) Based on the time frame, give a possible explanation for the change in attendance represented by

Segment 2.

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c) Which segments of the graph show decreasing attendance? Give a possible explanation..

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d) Explain how the slant of each segment of the graph is related to whether attendance increases or

decreases.

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7) Mrs. Sutton provides free math tutoring to her students every day after school. No one comes to tutoring

sessions during the first week of school. Over the next two weeks, use of the tutoring service gradually

increases.

a) Sketch a graph showing the number of students

who use the tutoring service over the first three

weeks of school.

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