Solving Linear Equations (MA.912.AR.2.1)

Solving Linear Equations

Veronica has a goal of saving $12,000 for a car. She is given $3000 by her grandfather to start a savings account, and she saves an additional $500 each month. How long will it take her to buy her car?

Multiple Choice

The maximum speed, in miles per hour, of a cheetah is 18 more than 3 times the maximum speed of a hippo. If the maximum speed of a cheetah is 75 miles per hour, which equation could be used to find the maximum speed of a hippo, h?

• 18+75=3h

• 3h+18=75

• 75=3h

• h=3(75)+18

Multiple Choice

Leah scored p points in the first half of the basketball game. In the second half she scored 3 more than 1/2 the number of points she scored in the first half of the game. Altogether she scored 21 points in the game. The following equation represents this situation where p represents the number of points Leah scored in the first half of the game.

$$p+\left(\frac{1}{2}p+3\right)=21$$

How many points did Leah score in the first half?

• 6

• 9

• 12

• 18