Characteristic of Linear Function

Describe the following linear function:

• an increasing line with a positive initial value  

•  a decreasing line with a positive initial value  

• an increasing line with a negative initial value    

• a decreasing line with a negative initial value   

Graph. x = 1

• a

• b

• c

• d

What is the x-intercept and what does it mean?

• (6, 0) - after 6 weeks the amount owned was $0

• (0, 6) - after 6 weeks the amount owned was $0

• (6, 0) the amount owned is $6 per week

• (0, 6) the amount owned is $6 per week

Starting at noon, Hailey observed the amount of snow on her lawn during a blizzard. She created a graph to represent how many inches of snow were on the lawn at xx minutes past noon. What is the y-intercept and what does it represent in the graph represent?

• (0, 4 ) - The amount of snow on the lawn when the blizzard began.

• (0, 4) - The rate of change in the amount of snow per minute.

• (4, 0) - The amount of snow on the lawn when the blizzard began.

• (4, 0) - The rate of change in the amount of snow per minute.

Brianna is driving on a long road trip. She created the graph below to represent the gallons of gas left in her tank. What is the x-intercept and what does it represent?

• (24, 0) - How long it takes Brianna to run out of gas.

• (0, 24) - The rate of change of gas in her tank over time.

• (0, 24) - The number of gallons in the tank after one hour.

• (0, 6) - how much gas Brianna had in the beginning.

At the beginning of spring, Mayerlin planted a small sunflower in her backyard. The graph below represents the sunflower's height in inches after x weeks. What does the slope of the line represent?

• The sunflower's final height

• The sunflower's height after one week.

• The sunflower's height when it was planted.

• The change in the sunflower's height for every one additional week.

Select ALL the correct characteristics of the following function.

• y = 100x-400

• x - intercept

  (0, 4)

• as the number of weeks increases the profit increases

Select the TRUE statements about this function.

• the line represents a linear function

• x-intercept (3, 0)

• y-intercept (1, 0)

• slope = 1/3

• the domain and range is all real numbers

_{What is the y-intercept of the line?}

• (-1,0)

• (1,0)

• (0,-2)

• (0,-1)

^{What is the x- intercept of the line?}

• (0,-2)

• (0,-1)

• (-1,0)

• (-2,0)