Maggie and Glenn both leave from the same house to go for a jog along a trail. Shortly
after leaving, Maggie realizes she forgot her iPod and returns home to find it before
heading back out onto the same trail. The graph above shows how far each of them is from
home for the first fifteen minutes of their jogs.
What is Glenn’s approximate average speed in meters per second for the portion of his jog
shown?
A) 3.3
B) 15
C) 200
D) 12,000
8 .Environmentalists have been monitoring the area of a glacier in Canada. The glacier is
slowly shrinking. The glacier originally occupied 15,000 square miles, but after two years
of monitoring the glacier, the scientists document that the area of the glacier is now 14,910
square miles. If y is the number of years since monitoring began, which equation best
describes the glacier’s area, G(y), as a function of time?
A) G(y) = 15,000
B) G(y) = 15,000(0.003)y
C) G(y) = 15,000(0.997)y
D) G(y) = 0.997y
9 .Mike consumes an average of 1,680 calories per day. Each day he has finals, Mike
consumes 12% more calories per day than he usually does. During the last day of finals,
he celebrates by consuming an additional 900 calories. Which of the following represents