Writing Equations 1
An equation that shows the cost, y, after x hours of service, for the following - A plumber charges $25 for a service call plus $50 per hour of service.
What is y = 50x + 25 ?
An equation that shows the total amount of money (y) that will be in the account after x months for the following - Javier has $2,500 in his bank account. Every month he withdraws $150. He does not add money to the account.
y = -150x + 2500
Your business of selling a particular product has fixed startup costs, y, of $5,000 and variable costs of $7.25 per product item, x. The linear model for this business.
What is y = 7.25x + 5,000
A sail boat rental service charges a $50 flat fee and $25 dollars an hour to rent a boat. Find the cost of renting a sail boat for 6 hours.
What is $200?
Rob collected 90 pounds of aluminum cans to recycle. He plans to collect an additional 33 pounds each week. If he lives up to his plan, number of total pounds collected after 1 week.
What is 123 pounds?
The equation for the total pounds, y, of aluminum cans after x weeks, for the following - Rufus collected 100 pounds of aluminum cans to recycle. He plans to collect an additional 25 pounds each week.
What is y = 25x + 100 ?
Mr. Thompson is on a diet. He currently weighs 260 pounds. He loses 4 pounds per month. The equation that represents Mr. Thompson’s weight, y, after x months, for the following - Mr. Thompson is on a diet. He currently weighs 260 pounds. He loses 4 pounds per month.
What is y = -4x + 260 ?
Business with a variable cost of $6.50 per item sold and a monthly budget of fixed costs or $790. Linear model for the total monthly costs of the business.
y = 6.5x + 790
A video rental store charges a $20 membership fee and $2.50 for each video rented. The total amount customer spent after renting 2 videos.
What is $25?
Mr. Duncan earns $75 a day plus $35 for each car he sells. His pay after selling 2 cars.
What is $145?
A canoe rental service charges a $20 transportation fee and $30 dollars an hour to rent a canoe. Write an equation in slope-intercept form representing the cost, y, of renting a canoe for x hours.
What is y = 30x + 20
A water tank contains 105 gallons of water when Baxter begins to drain it. Water flows out of the tank at a rate of 8 gallons per minute. Write a linear equation in slope-intercept form that represents the volume of water, y, after x minutes.
y = -8x + 105
Jose inherited a bank account form his grandmother that had a balance of $2,300. He withdrew $320 per month to pay his car loan. Identify a linear model for this situation.
y = -320x + 2300
Mr. Arnez is on a diet. He currently weighs 250 pounds. He loses 6 pounds per month. Find his weight after he has been on the diet 5 months
What is 220 pounds?
An attorney charges a fixed fee of $200 for an initial meeting and $150 per hour for all hours worked after that. Find the total charge if the attorney provides 1 hours of work past the initial meeting.
What is $350?
An attorney charges a fixed fee of $250 for an initial meeting and $150 per hour for all hours worked after that. Write an equation in slope-intercept form representing the total y, of the attorney’s fee as a function of the hours, x, worked.
y = 150x + 250
Betsy budgeted $350 to buy school supplies for her classes this school year, out of her own money, and due to the budget crisis problems, she is spending $75 per month on school supplies. Write an equation in slope-intercept form representing the balance of her budget, y, as a function of the amount she is spending per month, x.
y = -75x + 350
A plumber charges $50 for a service call plus $30 per hour of service. Cost if it takes him 4 hours to fix your kitchen sink.
What is $170?
A water tank contains 125 gallons of water when Pedro begins to drain it. Water flows out of the tank at a rate of 5 gallons per minute. The number of gallons left in the tank after 5 minutes.
What is 100 gallons?
A cell phone plan costs $30 for unlimited calling plus $0.25 per text message. Customer's monthly cost if sent 100 text messages.
What is $55?
A plane loses altitude at a rate of 5 meters per second. It begins with an altitude of 8500 meters. Write a linear equation.
y = -5x + 8500
Tim buys a new computer for his office for $1200. For tax purposes, he declares a linear depreciation (loss of value) of $200 per year. Write a linear model representing the value, y, of his computer as a function of the amount it depreciates each year, x.
y = -200x + 1200
Brianna has a business making birthday gift baskets. She estimates that her costs for rental of a small storage unit, and advertising, and electricity are $280. The cost for each basket is $16. Total costs this month if she sold 20 baskets.
What is $600?
An airplane 30,000 feet above the ground is descending at a constant rate of 1,000 feet per minute. The altitude of airplane after 2 minutes.
What is 32000 feet?
Beth budgeted $750 to buy school supplies for her classes this school year, due to the budget crisis problems she is spending $100 per month on school supplies. Amount of money she will have left after 7 months.
What is 50?