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Changing Base |
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One use for direct variation in our daily lives is converting from one unit of measurement to another. Such tasks as converting from pints to gallons, inches to yards, teaspoons to cups, or hours to days require us to know specific conversion factors. All of these take the form of the direct-variation equation: y = kx, where k is the constant of variation or, in this activity, the conversion factor. |
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Internet Activity |
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Activity 3.3
Click this link to view your assignment for this activity.
http://go.hrw.com/resources/go_mt/e1/c3/EMETRICS.PDF |
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Adobe Acrobat Reader
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open and print the activity. To download the reader, click "Adobe Acrobat Reader" above.
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html |
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Explorations |
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Unit Conversions
This Web page no longer exists and will soon be replaced.
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Below is another Web site that has unit conversion utilities.
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Fisher’s Regalia
http://www.fishersregalia.com/fishkit.html
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Metrics Matter
http://library.thinkquest.org/3804/
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