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Type "Zoologist" into Wolfram|Alpha search engine. Use the results to answer the following questions.
5. Wolfram|Alpha uses the median wage per year to track the wage history. Why do you think the median wage
was used rather than the mean wage?
7. Let x represent the number of years after 2009. Assuming that the yearly change of median wage is constant.
What equation can be used to find the wage of a zoologist?
8. Use the equation formed in #7 to determine the median wage of a zoologist in 2015.
10. Select the "Show employment history" link under the "Median Wage history" section. Can you make any
conclusions concerning the future of a career as a zoologist?
Suggestions: Select another career and research it using Wolfram|Alpha. Does it appear that the median wage is
increasing at a constant rate? Try to determine an approximate equation for the relationship between years after the
current year and median wage. What does the employment history show? Can you use an equation to show the
relationship between number of persons employed in that career and time after the current year?
2. Fill in the following information from the table found under "Historical Maximum
Temperatures for Today's Date." Try to get at least 10 years of data. You Year x Temperature (°°F)
y
may have to change the location to a larger town. Give a scatter plot of the
1999
data below.
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
3. Find the linear fit of the line to the data. Type "fit" and enter
coordinates for the points given in the table: y = 2008
2009
4. Give the slope of the equation:
5. What does the slope indicate in terms of year and maximum temperature?
6. Does your result indicate that there may be a global warming problem? Briefly explain your answer.
7. Select another date for the same city. Gather the same type of historical data and find the linear fit of the
line to the data. Linear Equation: y = Maximum
Year x Temperature (°°F)
y
8. Are your results (for #4 and 1999
#7) similar? Give a short 2000
explanation on the 2001
similarities and differences
2002
of the equations.
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Suggestions: Expand this project so that you collect data over the entire 2009
century. Try average temperatures or minimum temperatures instead of using
maximum temperatures. Choose locations in other parts of the world to see if there is possible global warming.
Type "Zoologist" into Wolfram|Alpha search engine. Use the results to answer the following questions.
5. Wolfram|Alpha uses the median wage per year to track the wage history. Why do you think the median wage
was used rather than the mean wage? The median wage is less prone to be affected by the high wages paid to
supervisors.
7. Let x represent the number of years after 2009. Assuming that the yearly change of median wage is constant.
What equation can be used to find the wage of a zoologist? y = 55,100 +1800x
8. Use the equation formed in #7 to determine the median wage of a zoologist in 2015. $65,900
9. In what year will the median wage of a zoologist surpass $95,000? 2032
10. Select the "Show employment history" link under the "Median Wage history" section. Can you make any
conclusions concerning the future of a career as a zoologist? Answers vary. From 2001 − 2003, the number of
zoologist was constant. From 2002 to 2006, the number grew at a relatively constant rate. The number of jobs
fell slightly in 2007.
Suggestions: Select another career and research it using Wolfram|Alpha. Does it appear that the median wage is
increasing at a constant rate? Try to determine an approximate equation for the relationship between years after the
current year and median wage. What does the employment history show? Can you use an equation to show the
relationship between number of persons employed in that career and time after the current year?
2. Fill in the following information from the table found under "Historical Maximum
Temperatures for Today's Date." Try to get at least 10 years of data. You Year x Temperature (°°F)
y
may have to change the location to a larger town. Give a scatter plot of the
1999 0 89.6
data below.
2000 1 95
3. Find the linear fit of the line 2001 2 89.6
to the data. Type "fit" and 2002 3 89.6
enter coordinates for the
2003 4 91.4
points given in the table: y =
0.436x + 89.71 2004 5 82.4
2005 6 100.4
4. Give the slope of the
equation: 0.436 2006 7 93.2
2007 8 91.4
5. What does the slope indicate
2008 9 86
in terms of year and
maximum temperature? A slope of 0.436 indicates that the temperature is 2009 10 102
increasing by 0.436 degrees each year.
6. Does your result indicate that there may be a global warming problem? Briefly explain your answer. Since the
slope is positive, a case may be made that the temperature is increasing. Since we are looking at a 10−year time period, and only
one location, the case may be made that there is not enough research to make an informed
decision.
Maximum
7. Select another date for the same city. Gather the same type of historical Year x Temperature (°°F)
y
data and find the linear fit
1999 0 71.6
of the line to the data.
2000 1 80.6
Linear Equation: y =
1.07x+77.6; Houston, TX; Oct. 18 2001 2 75.2
2002 3 82.4
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 5
6. ANALYTIC GEOMETRY 36
LORAN .............................................................................................................................. 38
EARTHQUAKES ..................................................................................................................... 39