Word Problems
Lines 1
Lines 2
Vocabulary
Functions and Systems of Equations
100

A first number plus twice a second number is 10. Twice the first number plus the second totals 29. Find the numbers.

What is

First number: 16

Second number: -3?

100

Determine the value of the 

y-intercept of the equation:

3x-2y=18

What is -9?

100

Determine the slope of the line: 4x-5y=20

What is 4/5?

100

Parallel lines

What are lines with the same slope that never touch?

100

What is the solution type in the following system of equations?

y = -2x + 7

4x + 2y = 16

What is no solution?

200

Three burgers and four hotdogs cost $22, while seven burgers and two hotdogs cost $33. Determine the cost of each item.

What is

Burgers: $4.00

Hot dogs: $2.50?

200

What is the slope of the line parallel to 

3x + 6y = 24

What is m = - 1x/2?

200

Determine the slope between the points: 

(-3,4) and (4,5)

What is -1/7?

200

Intersecting lines

What are lines that touch at one point?

200

Solve the following system of linear equations?

3x-9y=18

y = 1x/3 - 2

What is infinitely many?

or 

What are coinciding lines?

or

What is the same line?

300

Given that the revenue and cost functions are: R(x) = 25x and C(x) = 5x+30,000 respectively, where x is the number of items and both R(x) and C(x) are in dollars. Determine the number of items that must be sold in order to break even.

What is 1500?

300

What is the relationship between the lines? 

y= 1x/2 + 3

2x + 4y = -16

What is intersecting, but not perpendicular?

300

Determine the equation of the line which passes through the point (-4,-6) with the slope of m=3/4

What is 3x-4y=12?

or

What is y=3x/4 - 3?

300

Perpendicular lines

What are lines that intersect each other at 90 degree angles?

300

Solve the system of equations:

4x-5y=10

y = 3/4 + 5

What is (140,110)?

400

A boat can travel 48 miles with the current in 4 hours. The same boat requires 6 hours to travel the same distance against the current. How fast is the current?

What is 2 mph?

400

Determine the equation of the line that passes through the points (-4,-3) and (3,2) in standard form.

What is 5x - 7y = 1?

400

Determine the equation of the line that passes through the point (-2,5) and is PERPENDICULAR to

4x + 2y = 10 in SLOPE-INTERCEPT FORM

What is y = 1x/2 + 6?

400

The slope of a vertical line

What is undefined?

400

Determine the domain of

f(x) = 4x / (18x - 9)

What is (-infinity, 1/2) U (1/2, infinity)?

500

Al can paint a room is 8 hours. Bob can paint the same room in 14 hours. How long will it take them to paint the room if they work together?

What is 56/11 hours?

500

Which of the following points is NOT on the line

5x-6y=30

What is (-12,15)?

500

Determine the value of k such that the following set will form a line:{ (3,4), (4,2), (k, -6)}

What is k=8?

500

Coinciding lines

What is the same line?

500

True or False. y=xis a function. 

What is true?