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A taxi company charges a flat fee of $3.00 and $1.00 per mile. If the total fare is $15.00, how many miles were traveled?
Equation: 3.00+1.00m=15.00
Solution: m=12 miles
A cell phone plan costs $25 per month and $0.12 for each minute used. If the total bill this month is $37.12, how many minutes were used?
Equation: 25+0.12m=37.12
Solution: m=101 minutes
What is the equation of a line that is perpendicular to
y=3x-8
and contains the point (-6,9).
y=-1/3x+7
Write an equation of a line parallel to
y=5x-7 and goes through (8,2)
y=5x-38
A company incurs $600 in fixed costs plus $5 for each item produced.
y=5x+600
A bus company charges $2.00 for the first mile and $0.50 for each additional mile. If a ride costs $7.00, how far did the bus travel?
Equation: 2.00+0.50m=7.00
Solution: m=10 miles
The store at which Andy usually shops is having a sale. Roast beef costs $4 a pound and shrimp costs $10 a pound. How many pounds of shrimp did Andy buy if he spent $96 total and bought 4 pounds of roast beef.
8 pounds of shrimp
Write an equation of the line perpendicular to
y=-1/5x+3 and goes through (3.8)
y=5x-7
Write an equation of a line that goes through (-6,-6) and is parallel to
y=4/3x+8
y=4/3x+2
Lucas Oil charges $10 for each filter and $24 for every oil jug. Write an equation to model the situtation where C is the total.
10x+24y=C
At the Purdue basketball game, student tickets are $25 and non-student tickets cost $56 a person. 2536 students bought tickets and Purdue made a total of $672,168 how many of the non-student tickets did they sell?
12,003
A cell phone plan has a fixed fee of $56 and charges $0.18 per minute. If a total bill of $80.30 was incurred, how many minutes were used?
135 minutes
Write an equation of a line perpendicular to
y=x and goes through (-8,-9)
y=-1x-17
Write an equation of a line parallel to y=7 and contains the point (-2,8)
y=8
To rent a taxi in Philadelphia, the taxi service charges a flat rate of $12 and an additional $1.25 per mile driven.
y=1.25x+12
Snapchat has decided to start paying people for their snaps. A person will receive $0.05 for every snap sent and $0.03 for every snap received. If Natalie sends 63 snaps and makes $8.19, how many snaps did Natalie receive?
168
A family has a plan that costs $10 for the first minute and $0.30 for each additional minute. If the total bill is $34.90, how many minutes did they talk?
83 minutes
Write an equation of a line perpepndicular to
y=3 and goes through (6,8)
x=6
Write an equation of a line that has an x intercept of 12 and parallel to y=4x+6
y=4x+48
Amara wants to sell bracelets and necklaces at a local craft fair. If she charges $4.50 for a bracelet and $9.75 for a necklace, write an equation to model the situtation where P represents the total money made.
P=4.50x+9.75y
A rental car charges $40 for a car and $0.25 for each mile driven. If the total spent is $60, how many miles were driven?
Equation: 40+0.25m=60
Solution:80= miles
Roscoe gets $0.02 for every hit on his website and $0.06 for every lead on his website. He made $368.02 and had 1532 hits. How many leads did he have?
5623
Write an equation of the line perpendicular to x = 7 and contains (-1,10)
y=10
Write an equation of the line parallel to
y=-1/3x+7 and goes through (9,-10)
y=-1/3x-7
Lori is going to the "This is 90's Country Music" concert. Tickets are $95 for balcony seats and $145 for stage level seats. Write an equation to model the situtation where T is the total dollars spent on tickets
95x+145y=T
or T=95x+145y