Compare Linear Equations in Context

What does the slope represent in this context?

• The number of eggs that fit in the basket

• The mass per egg

• The mass of the basket

• Amount of eggs per basket

An elevator travels down from the top floor of a skyscraper. Its height, in feet, is given by the equation h=800-8t, where h represents the elevator's height, in feet, and t represents the time, in seconds. What could the number 8 represent in the equation?

• How quickly the elevator decends, in feet per minute

• The height the elevator stars at

• The elevator's final height

• The elevator's height after one second

What does the slope represent in this context?

• The height of the screw head above the wood before Tanvir rotated the screwdriver

• The number of millimeters per rotation that the screw height changes

• The number of rotations it takes to change the screw head height by 111 millimeter

• The number of rotations it takes to get the screw into the wood.

What does the y-intercept represent in this context?

• The height of the screw head above the wood before Tanvir rotated the screwdriver

• The number of millimeters per rotation that the screw height changes

• The number of rotations it takes to change the screw head height by 111 millimeter

• The number of rotations it takes to get the screw into the wood.

What does the slope represent in this situation?

• The temperature starts at 35 degrees at 9 am.

• The temperatures rises 35 degrees per hour.

• The temperature rises 5 degrees per hour.

• The temperature rises 10 degrees per hour.

What does the y-intercept represent in this situation, beginning at 9 am?

• The temperature is 35 degrees at 9 am.

• The temperature is rising 10 degrees per hour.

• The temperature is 35 degrees at midnight.

• The temperature is rising 1 degree per hour.

• The temperature is rising 35 degrees per hour.

What does the slope represent in this situation?

• $40 per week spent on candy

• $1 spent every 2 weeks on buying candy

• $40 he started with before buying candy

• $2 spent per week to buy candy

What does the y-intercept represent?

• $40 lost buying candy

• 40 weeks of losing money by buying candy

• $40 in the saving account when he started buying candy

• $2 lost per week from savings to buy candy

What does the slope represent in this context?

• Hank gains 158 pounds per week.

• Hank has a starting weight of 158 pounds.

• Hanks gains 1.5 pounds per week.

• Hank loses 1.5 pound per week.

What does the y-intercept mean in this context?

• Hank has a starting weight of 158 pounds.

• Hank loses 1.5 pounds per week.

• Hank now has a weight of 156.5 pounds.

• Hank loses 158 pounds per week.