Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Line graphs in the real world...

Here is a very relevant way that graphs and data are used on a daily basis. This line graph is from The New York Times (Dec. 16, 2008) online article that discusses the "slow" increase in prices of oil per barrel and the steep decline that occurred in a much shorter time.


See if you can identify the approximate price of oil in 2001 compared to late 2007 and then compared to now. Leave a comment on your findings!

















source: nytimes.com
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 16, 2008 at 3:58 PM

    From 01' to 07' it drasticly went up and o7' to now drasticly went down

    Kenny
    block 1

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  2. AnonymousDecember 16, 2008 at 4:14 PM

    hi mr.foster this is an awsome graph what kind of graph isnt it a line graph im not sure but u cantell me in class.k ttyl


    Tiffany S. Period 2

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  3. Room 206December 16, 2008 at 6:12 PM

    Tiffany, there are all types of graphs that aren't line graphs. Some examples are bar graphs, circle graphs, and histograms. We will be learning about all of these in this chapter!

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  4. Room 206December 16, 2008 at 6:13 PM

    Nice job Kenny, you are absolutely right! I am loving the drastic drop right now!

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