Graph.When you want to "tune in," do you surf the Net To browse the Internet. The most common Internet browsing today is done on the Web. Before the Web, the Internet was "surfed" via Archie, Gopher, WAIS and other search facilities. See surfing and how to access the Internet. , listen to the radio, or watch TV? The graph graph, figure that shows relationships between quantities. The graph of a function y=f (x) is the set of points with coordinates [x, f (x)] in the xy-plane, when x and y are numbers. below shows the types of media activities that kids in the U.S. enjoy most. What is the least popular activity? The answer may surprise you. Study the graph, and answer the questions below. 1. How much time do kids in the U.S. spend watching TV or videos each day? -- 2. On which activity do kids spend the least amount of time?-- 3. How much more time do most kids spend listening to music than reading each day?-- 4. How much time does the average kid spend on a computer in any given week?-- 5. What is the average amount of time kids spend on these five media activities each day?--
POPULAR ACTIVITIES FOR U.S. KIDS
ACTIVITY TIME SPENT EACH DAY ON ACTIVITY
(IN HOURS:MINUTES)
Playing Video Games 0:20
Using a Computer/Internet 0:29
Reading 0:44
Listening to Music 1:27
Watching TV/Videos 3:25
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, 2001
Note: Table made from bar graph.
ANSWERS 1. 3 hours, 25 minutes 2. Playing video games See video game console. 3. 43 minutes 4. 3 hours, 23 minutes 5. 1 hour, 17 minutes |
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