Question

A candle burns down at the rate of 0.5 inches per hour. The original height of the candle was 8 inches.

Part A: Write a list of 6 ordered pairs to show the height of the candle in inches (y) as a function of time in hours (x) from the first hour after it started burning. For example, the point (0, 8) would represent a height of 8 inches after 0 hours. Explain how you obtained the ordered pairs. (5 points)

Part B: Is this relation a function? Justify your answer using the list of ordered pairs you created in Part A. (2 points)

Part C: If the rate at which the candle burned was 0.4 inches per hour instead of 0.5 inches per hour, would the relation be a function? Explain your answer using input and output values. (3 points)

Answer 1

The ordered pairs are (0,8), (1, 7.5), (2, 7), (3,6.5), (4, 6) and (5, 5.5)

How to determine the ordered pairs?

The given parameters are:

Initial height, h = 8 inches

Rate = 0.5 inches per hour

The height of the candle at x hour is:

y = Initial - rate * x

This gives

y = 8 - 0.5x

Set x  = 0 to 5

y = 8 - 0.5(0) = 8

y = 8 - 0.5(1) = 7.5

y = 8 - 0.5(2) = 7

y = 8 - 0.5(3) = 6.5

y = 8 - 0.5(4) = 6

y = 8 - 0.5(5) = 5.5

So, the ordered pairs are (0,8), (1, 7.5), (2, 7), (3,6.5), (4, 6) and (5, 5.5)

Is the relation a function?

In (a), we have:

y = 8 - 0.5x

The above is a linear relation.

All linear relations are functions

Hence, the relation is a function.

Would a new relation be a function?

We have

Initial height, h = 8 inches

New rate = 0.4 inches per hour

The height of the candle at x hour is:

y = Initial - rate * x

This gives

y = 8 - 0.4x

The above is a linear relation.

All linear relations are functions

Hence, the new relation is also a function.

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