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Graphing Practice Problem #10
| Number of hookworms in the intestine |
Amount of blood lost per day in cm3 |
| 24 | 12 |
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| 45 | x |
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| 80 | 40 |
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| 88 | 44 |
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| 63 | x |
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| x | 25 |
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| x | 6 |
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- Hookworms live in the human intestine drinking the blood it sucks from the intestine wall. It is estimated that a single hookworm can drink 1/2 cm3 of blood per day. The chart above contains data on the number of hookworms and the amount of blood lost caused by that number of worms.
- In some cases the data table is blank. Determine the number of worms or the amount of blood lost and complete the table
- Make a line graph of the data.
- What is the dependent variable?
- What is the independent variable?
- How many cm3 of blood will be lost by a person containing 88 hookworms in a week?
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