Solve the Equation
How many solutions?
What is the rule?
Is this a complete graph?
Word Problems
100
x+6=-7x+54
x=6
100
How many solutions does this equation have:
2x-4=2x+7?
No solution
100
x: -2|-1|0|1 |2
y: -2|2 |6|10|14
What is the rule?
y=4x+6
100
Is this a complete graph? 
Yes
100
Mary receives 5 bales of hay per week to feed her little lamb. Mary has about 7 saved up for winter. What is the rule for her total bales of hay?
y=5x+7
200
3x+4-x=-4x+28
x=4
200
How many solutions does this equation have:
3x-6=-2x+7?
One solution
200
x: -2|-1|0|1|2
y: 3| 4|5|6|7
What is the rule?
y=x+5
200
Is this a complete graph?
No - it is missing the intervals and the axes labels.
200
If Mary receives bales of hay for 4 weeks, how many total bales will she have?
*Remember the rule: y=5x+7
27 bales
300
-(x-4)=-6x+19
x=3
300
How many solutions does this equation have:
7x+3=7x+5-2?
Infinite solutions
300
x: -2|-1|0|1 |2
y: 13| 8|3|-2|-7
What is the rule?
y=-5x+3
300
Is this a complete graph?
No - it is missing the arrows on the end of the line.
300
If Mary has a total of 42 bales, how many weeks has she received bales of hay?
*Remember the rule: y=5x+7
7 weeks
400
-2(3x+1)= -4x+2
x=-2
400
How many solutions does this equation have:
5x+9-3x=6x-4x-12?
No solution
400
x: -2|-1|0|1|2
y: 8| 7|6|5|4
What is the rule?
y=-x+6
400
Is it a complete graph?
No - it is missing the axes labels.
400
The itsy bitsy spider is setting up camp in a new barn. He makes 1 web each night that never gets torn down. He also has 5 that were permanently set up in the highest point of the barn. What is the rule for how many cobwebs that will be there each day after he has moved in?
y=x+5
500
3x-4(x-3)=3x+2-5x
x=-10
500
How many solutions does this equation have:
8-5x=-5x+8?
Infinite solutions
500
x: -2|-1|0 |1|2
y: -7|-4|-1|2|5
What is the rule?
y=3x-1
500
Is this a complete graph?
No - it is missing arrows and axes labels.
500
Jack and Jill go up the hill every day to fetch pails of water to put in the town's new water tower. They go up and down 7 times each day. However, there was already 3 pails of water in the tower. How many pails will be in the tower after 5 days?
38 pails