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ISBN: 9780357422496

Author: Crauder

Publisher: CENGAGE L

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The word “unitary” comes from the word “unit”, which means a single and complete entity. In this method, we find the value of a unit product from the given number of products, and then we solve for the other number of products.

Speed, Time, and Distance

Imagine you and 3 of your friends are planning to go to the playground at 6 in the evening. Your house is one mile away from the playground and one of your friends named Jim must start at 5 pm to reach the playground by walk. The other two friends are 3 …

Profit and Loss

The amount earned or lost on the sale of one or more items is referred to as the profit or loss on that item.

Units and Measurements

Measurements and comparisons are the foundation of science and engineering. We, therefore, need rules that tell us how things are measured and compared. For these measurements and comparisons, we perform certain experiments, and we will need the experime…

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Chapter 6.1, Problem 5E

Reminder Round all answers to two decimal places unless otherwise indicated.

Walking and Running You live east of campus, and you are walking from campus toward your home at a constant speed. When you get there, you rest for 5 minutes and then run back west at a rapid speed. After a few minutes, you reach your destination, and then you rest for 10 minutes . Measure your location as your distance west of your home, and make graphs of your location and velocity.

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Solution Summary: The author illustrates how the graph of distance versus time and velocity is depicted in figure (1).

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