4-2 Slope-Intercept Word Problems

Write the equation that represents this word problem:

Marsha gets a job that pays $15 per hour, and she started the week with $20

• y= 15x + 20

• y= 20x + 15

• y= 15 + 20

• y= 20 + 15

• Answer Not Here

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.1

CCSS.HSA.CED.A.2

CCSS.HSF.BF.A.1

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2

Write the equation that represents this word problem:

Nora owes her parents $400 for a computer, so she babysits for $10 per hour.

• y= 10x + 400

• y= -10x - 400

• y=10x - 400

• y= -10x + 400

• Answer Not Here

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CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2

Which of the following situations could be descried by the equation y=120-25x?

• There are 120 people in the football stadium, and 25 more are entering each hour.
• A plumber charges $25 for a house call and $120 per hour.
• A teacher has 120 students. Her third period has 25 students
• There are 120 gallons of water in a tank. It releases water at a rate of 25 gallons per minute

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.2

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.1

CCSS.HSS.ID.C.7

The equation below represents an elevator's height after an amount of seconds. Using this equation, what should the height of the elevator be after 14 seconds?
h(s) = -3.8s + 290

• 80
• 236.8
• -80
• 72.6

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CCSS.HSA.REI.B.3

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.1

CCSS.HSF.IF.A.1

CCSS.HSF.IF.A.2

The amount of water in the bucket ( in pints) can be modeled by the equation V(n) = 2n + 7 where n is the number of pitchers used to put water in the bucket.  If the bucket contains 29 pints of water, how many pitchers of water were used to fill it?

• 11
• 65
• 9
• 18

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.1

CCSS.HSA.REI.B.3

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.1

The commission of a sales representative can be modeled by C(x) = 4n - 10, where n is the number of items sold.  If the sales representative sales 30 items, how much commission will they earn?

• $20
• $120
• $5
• $110

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CCSS.HSA.REI.B.3

CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.1

CCSS.HSF.IF.A.1

CCSS.HSF.IF.A.2

R(n)=125 + 80n models the amount of money R(n) in the register after selling n tickets. How many tickets must be sold to have $18,445 in the register? 

• 233
• 92
• 229
• 119

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.1

CCSS.HSA.REI.A.1

CCSS.HSA.REI.B.3

Each day, a local dog shelter spends an average of $2.40 on food per dog. The manager estimates the shelter’s daily expenses, assuming there is at least one dog in the shelter, using the function E(x) = 30 + 2.40x

Which statements regarding the function E(x) are correct?

I. x represents the number of dogs at the shelter per day.

II. x represents the number of volunteers at the shelter per day.

III. 30 represents the shelter’s total expenses per day.

IV. 30 represents the shelter’s nonfood expenses per day

• I and III

• I and IV

• II and III

• II and IV

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CCSS.HSA.SSE.A.1

The function f(x)=2x+8 models the total cost to order x amount of light bulbs from an online company. What is the appropriate domain of the function?

• All non-negative integers
• All non-negative rational numbers
• All integers
• All rational numbers

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CCSS.HSF.IF.A.1

CCSS.HSF.IF.A.2

CCSS.HSF.IF.B.5

A climber is on a hike. After 2 hours he is at an altitude of 400 feet. After 6 hours, he is at an altitude of 700 feet. What is the average rate of change? 

• 200
• 150
• 300
• 75

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CCSS.HSF.IF.B.6

CCSS.HSS.ID.C.7