Plot the following points and draw a curve of best fit.

(a)
x 0 1 2 3 4 5
y 0.1 3.4 10.6 29.9 43 67

(a. Which of the following shapes and equations would best fit the data?
A. A cubic curve with equation y=ax3
B. A parabola with equation of the form y=ax2
C. A logarithmic graph with equation of the form y=a logbx
D. A parabola with equation of the form y=a√x
𝑎
E. A hyperbola with equation of the form 𝑦 = 𝑥
F. None of the above
(2 marks)
(b. Give reasons for your answer

(2 marks)

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1. (a)
x 0.25 0.5 1 2 3 4
y 3.7 2.21 0.94 0.476 0.360333 0.275

(b) Which of the following shapes and equations would best fit the data?
A. A cubic curve with equation y=ax3
B. A parabola with equation of the form y=ax2
C. A logarithmic graph with equation of the form y=a logbx
D. A parabola with equation of the form y=a√x
𝑎
E. A hyperbola with equation of the form 𝑦 = 𝑥
F. None of the above
(2 marks)
(c) Give reasons for your answer

(2 marks)
2. Collect your own one variable numerical data: (4 marks)
(a) Organize your data into a frequency table. (2 marks)
(b) Draw a histogram from your frequency table. (4 marks)
(c) Calculate the mean (2 marks)
(d) Calculate the standard deviation. (2 marks)

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4. The following data was recorded for the pressure and volume of a gas in a piston. The gas
was compressed rapidly (adiabatic compression).

P =Pressure in 25 30 50 75 100 200 300 400

kPa
Log P
Volume in m3
41 35.5 24 18 14 8.5 6.2 4.9
Log V

(a) Plot a graph of P against V putting the volume on the on the horizontal axis and draw a
curve of best fit.
Pressure

Volume

(b) Complete the values of Log P and Log V in the table

(2 marks)
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(c) Plot a graph of logV against logP putting logV (0 to 2 on the on the horizontal axis and
logP (0 to 4) on the vertical axis. Draw a line of best fit.
logP

log V

(d) Use the graph to determine the equation connecting logP and logV.

(3 marks)
(e) Note if we take the log of both sides of P = C/Vγ then logP=logC-log Vγ and
logP =-γlogV+logC
Find the value of γ and C
(2+2=4 marks)

(f) Use your equation to calculate the expected volume if the pressure was 250 kPa.
(3 marks)

(g) If the volume was doubled what would be the change in the pressure?

(4 marks)

Total marks = 58