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4.Guide students to see that the rule for making antenna muffs is heads ¦ 2 = number of antenna muffs. Show students how this also can be written as X ¦ 2 =Y.
5.Ask students: If there are 67 Martians in a community, how many antenna muffs would be needed?
6.On the
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7.Explore for any given Martian community size by first setting up a table of values.
a.Access the TABLE SETUP screen.
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b.Make sure the screen looks like the one shown at the right (TblStart=0, @Tbl=1, Indpnt: Auto, Depend: Auto).
8.Show on the
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9.Move around on the table and find the number of antenna muffs needed for a community of 67 Martians.
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10.To find the number of antennas for even larger communities, go back to the TABLE SETUP screen and change TblStart to a larger amount, such as 1000.
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11.Display the table.
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