Students Have Been Asked to Leave the Library and Wait

question 174

Multiple Choice

Students have been asked to leave the library and wait several blocks away.In which of the following situations would the students be most likely to want to wait together?

• A) There is a routine fire drill.
• B) There is a bomb threat.
• C) There is a film crew taping a news segment.
• D) No explanation has been given, but nobody is concerned.

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Definitions:

X-intercept

The point at which a graph intersects the x-axis.

Y-intercept

The point where a graph crosses the y-axis, represented by the coordinates (0,y).

Estimate

The determination of an approximation of a result which is not necessarily exact, but within acceptable bounds of accuracy.

X-intercept

The point at which a line crosses the x-axis on a graph, indicating where the value of the function is zero.