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Intro To Point of Intersection Handout

The document compares the weekly growth in views of two YouTube videos - "Angry Birds: The Movie" and "Josh Groban Sings Kanye West Tweets". It provides equations to model the growth over time for each video and asks the reader to graph the lines, find their point of intersection, and determine which video has more views before and after intersection.

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Intro To Point of Intersection Handout

The document compares the weekly growth in views of two YouTube videos - "Angry Birds: The Movie" and "Josh Groban Sings Kanye West Tweets". It provides equations to model the growth over time for each video and asks the reader to graph the lines, find their point of intersection, and determine which video has more views before and after intersection.

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The YouTube race is on between Angry Birds: The Movie and Josh Groban Sings Kanye West Tweets!

Which one will end up being more popular? Heres the info: Angry Birds y Started at 10 000 views y goes up 4000 views per week Groban/Kanye y Started at 20 000 views y goes up 2000 views per week

Equation: ___________________ Angry Birds


# of weeks # of views 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Equation: ___________________

Groban/Kanye
# of weeks # of views 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1. What is the point of intersection? 2. What is the significance of the point of intersection?

3. Which video has more views before the p.o.i.?

4. After the p.o.i.?

y!

3 x6 2

&

1 y ! x6 2

1. Graph both lines. 2. Find the point of intersection:


x-value


y-value

If your point of intersection is correct, it should satisfy both of the equations.


1. Substitute your x and y values into the equations. 2. Keep the left and right sides separate. 3. Simplify each side 4. See if the left side (LS) and right side (RS) are equal. 5. Make a concluding statement.

y!
LS

3 x6 2
RS LS

1 y !  x6 2
RS

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