Question

The Tigers played the Wolves in the final game of the state high school basketball championship. Their points by quarter are shown below in a table and a bar graph.

A. In which quarters did the Tigers outscore the Wolves?




B. In which quarter did the Tigers most outscore the Wolves?




C. By how much did the Tigers outscore the Wolves in the quarter from Part B?




D. Who won the game and by how many points?








2. (15 points) Sheila needs to hire a babysitter for the evening. The babysitter charges $10 for each hour and also charges for the time she spends driving to and from the house. She thinks it will take 1.5 hours of total driving time. Sheila is willing to spend $80 for the night for babysitting.
A. Write an equation to determine for how many hours Sheila can afford to hire the babysitter.




B. Use the guess-and-check method to determine how many hours of babysitting Sheila can afford.








C. Sheila finds another babysitter that lives much closer to her and would only need 1 hour of driving time. However, she charges $15 per hour. Write an equation to determine how many hours of babysitting Sheila could buy from her.




D. Can Sheila afford the same amount of babysitting from the second sitter as she could from the first sitter?

Answer 1

A. To determine in which quarters the Tigers outscored the Wolves, we can compare the points scored by each team in each quarter.

From the table or bar graph, we can see the points scored by the Tigers and the Wolves in each quarter. We need to find the quarters where the Tigers' score is higher than the Wolves' score.

B. To determine in which quarter the Tigers most outscored the Wolves, we can compare the difference in points scored between the two teams in each quarter.

Calculate the difference between the Tigers' and Wolves' scores in each quarter. Identify the quarter with the highest positive difference, as this represents the quarter in which the Tigers outscored the Wolves by the most.

C. To find out by how much the Tigers outscored the Wolves in the quarter from Part B, we need to determine the difference in points between the two teams in that quarter.

Refer to the calculation from Part B and find the value of the positive difference. This will give us the amount by which the Tigers outscored the Wolves in that particular quarter.

D. To determine who won the game and by how many points, we need to compare the total points scored by each team at the end of the game.

Add up the points scored by the Tigers and the Wolves in all quarters. Compare the total scores to determine which team won. The difference in the total scores will give us the number of points by which the winning team outscored the losing team.

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