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“Can’t graph it. Too big a line.”

Posted on August 16, 2012 by mpershan | 2 Replies

“The line’s too big.” So what? Why does this matter to the student, and what does this reveal about his understanding of graphing?

Posted in F-IF.7, Graphing.

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