Soda is sold 6 cans to a pack, juice is sold 8 bottles to a pack. Rhonda needs 96 drinks for her party. The equation for this is 6x + 8y =96.
Find and interpret the x and y intercepts.
The x intercept of 16 means Rhonda could buy 16 packs of soda and 0 packs of juice.
The y intercept of 12 means she could buy 12 packs of juice and 0 packs of soda.
200
State the x and y intercepts for...
3y - 2x = 24
x intercept = -12
y intercept = 8
200
x intercept = -2
y intercept = 3
3/2
200
Spiders have 8 legs and centipedes have 100 legs. A group of these two animals has a total of 1600 legs. The equation for this is 8x + 100y = 1600.
Find and interpret the x and y intercepts.
The x intercept means there could be 200 spiders and 0 centipedes.
The y intercept means there could be 16 centipedes and 0 spiders.
300
State the x and y intercepts for...
2/3y - 5x = 20
x intercept = -4
y intercept = 30
300
x intercept = -3
y intercept = -5
-5/3
300
You're out with friends and you go to a pizza and burger place. Pizzas cost $10 and burgers cost $5. You have $70 to spend on food. The equation for this is 10x + 5y = 70
Find and interpret the x and y intercepts.
The x intercept means that you could buy 7 pizzas and 0 burgers. The y intercept means you could buy 14 burgers and 0 pizzas.
400
State the x and y intercepts for...
-1/2x - 4/5y = 4
x intercept = -8
y intercept = -5
400
x intercept = 6 1/2
y intercept = -4 1/2
4.5/6.5 =9/13
400
Tickets to 6 Flags cost $50 for adults and $30 for kids. A group goes to 6 Flags and spends $450 on admission. The equation for this would be 50x + 30y = 450.
Find and interpret the x and y intercepts.
The x intercept means 9 adults and 0 kids bought tickets. The y intercept means 15 kids and 0 adults bought tickets.
500
State the x and y intercepts for...
13x + 7y = 25
x intercept = 25/13
y intercept = 25/7
500
x intercept = none
y intercept = 4
0
500
A line has m = 1 and y intercept b = -1.
What is the x intercept?