Linear Slope Applications

A car rental company charges $56 plus $0.30 per mile driven.

What type of linear function should you write to model this situation?

• Point-Slope Form

• Standard Form

• Slope-Intercept Form

A driving range charges $4 to rent a golf club plus $2.75 for every bucket of golf balls you hit.

What type of linear function should you write to model this situation?

• Slope-Intercept Form

• Standard Form

• Point-Slope Form

Belinda's car needed repairs. The mechanic charged him $140 for the parts and an additional $48 an hour for labor.

What type of linear function should you write to model this situation?

• Point-Slope Form

• Standard Form

• Slope-Intercept Form

What type of linear function should you write to model this situation?

• Slope-Intercept Form

• Standard Form

• Point-Slope Form

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

The table shows the amount of water in a pool as it drains. Calculate the slope and explain what it means.

• 2.4 gallons of water are added to the pool each hour.

• 2.4 gallons of water are drained from the pool each hour.

• 41 gallons of water are added to the pool each hour.

• 41 gallons of water are drained from the pool each hour.

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CCSS.HSF.LE.B.5

The graph shows the amount of gas a tractor uses given the number of miles traveled. What does the slope tell you?

• 1/20 of a gallon of gas in increased every mile driven.

• 1/20 of a gallon of gas is used every mile driven.

• 4 gallons of gas is increased every mile drive.

• 5 gallons of gas is used every mile driven.

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CCSS.HSF.IF.B.4

What is the slope of a line that is parallel to the line containing (-11, 5) and (-6, 1)?

Answer explanation

Spreadsheet

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

Which equations have a rate of change (slope) greater than 1?

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CCSS.8.F.A.2

CCSS.HSF.IF.C.9

A line is perpendicular to    -2x+y = - 7.
What is the slope of this line? 

• -2

• 1/2

• -1/2

• 2

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CCSS.8.EE.B.6

• Positive

• Negative

• Zero

• Undefined

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5