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Mixture problems, metric conversions, and polar coordinates

Field Book
Lessons 52 to 55
Due
Test 12 due · Supplement 14
Method
Paper first, every step
Vocab 2 runs in the Yard. The mixture template R1V1 + R2V2 = RMVM is the week's machine: feed it carefully.

What you have to be able to do

The procedures

Mixture problemsField Book Lesson 52
  1. Strength times volume gives the amount of pure substance.
  2. R1V1 + R2V2 = RMVM: the pure amounts add across the mix.
Metric conversionsField Book Lesson 53
  1. Route every metric conversion through meters, liters, or grams.
  2. English weight and percent problems ride the same unit multiplier chains.
Polar coordinatesField Book Lesson 54
  1. A point is a distance r at an angle θ.
  2. x = r cos θ and y = r sin θ convert to rectangular.
Advanced abstract equationsField Book Lesson 55
  1. Clear fractions, collect the target variable, factor, divide.
  2. Quadratic word problems: set up, factor or complete the square, reject impossible roots.
Worked: mixing strengths
  1. Mix 10 mL of 20 percent solution with V mL of 60 percent to get 50 percent.
  2. Pure amounts: 0.2(10) + 0.6V = 0.5(10 + V). Times 10: 20 + 6V = 50 + 5V.
  3. V = 30 mL.

Terms on the record

TermMeaning
mixture equationpure amounts add: strength times volume, summed, equals the mix
polar coordinateslocating a point by distance and angle
base unitthe meter, liter, or gram every metric conversion routes through
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