In the table below, x represents miles traveled and y represents the cost to travel by train.
Miles, x
Cost, y
2
8.50
5
15.25
8
22.00
12
31.00
Which linear equation represents the situation?
y = 2 x + 8.50
y = 2.25 x + 4.00
y = 6.50 x + 2.25
y = 12 x + 22.50
y = 2.25 x + 4.00
In the table below, x represents the miles traveled and y represents the cost to travel by train.
Miles, x
Cost, y
2
8.50
5
15.25
8
22.00
12
31.00
What is the slope of this function?
0.44
0.63
2.25
22.50
The slope of this function is 2.25.
In the table below, x represents miles traveled and y represents the cost to travel by train.
Miles, x
Cost, y
2
8.50
5
15.25
8
22.00
12
31.00
What is the y-intercept of this function?
2.25
4.00
6.50
17.13
The y-intercept of this function is 4.00.
A florist shop represents its first month’s sales with the equation y = 168 x + 8, where x represents the number of days that the shop is open and y represents the sales in dollars. The owner of the shop would like to calculate the number of days it took to reach $3,200 in sales. Which would be used to solve the problem?
Substitute 3,200 for x.
Add 8 and 3,200.
Divide 3,192 by 168.
Isolate y in the equation.
Substitute 3,200 for y.
The graph shows the amount of water that remains in a barrel after it begins to leak. The variable x represents the number of days that have passed since the barrel was filled, and y represents the number of gallons of water that remain in the barrel.
A graph titled Water Supply with number of days on the x-axis and gallons of water left on the y-axis. A line goes through points (6, 33) and (15, 15).
What does the y-intercept represent?
the amount of water that is added to the barrel each day
the amount of water that remains in the water barrel
the amount of water that is initially in the water barrel
the amount that the water barrel decreases each day
The y-intercept of the line does not appear to be given in the question as only two points on the line are specified.
Catherine saved some money and plans to add the same amount each week to her savings account. The table represents the number of weeks that she will save, x, and the total amount of money that she will have in her account, y.
Weeks, x
Dollars in account, y
4
74
6
86
9
104
11
116
Which linear equation represents Catherine’s situation?
y = one-sixth x + 70
y = 6 x + 50
y = StartFraction 1 Over 9 EndFraction x + 104