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Determine whether the algebraic equation is linear.
Determine whether the function is increasing or decreasing.
Increasing
Determine whether the function is increasing or decreasing.
Given each set of information, find a linear equation that satisfies the given conditions, if possible.
Passes through and
Given each set of information, find a linear equation that satisfies the given conditions, if possible.
x -intercept at and y -intercept at
Find the slope of the line graphed.
Write an equation in slope-intercept form for the line shown.
Does the following table represent a linear function? If so, find the linear equation that models the data.
x | –4 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
g(x) | 18 | –2 | –12 | –52 |
Does the following table represent a linear function? If so, find the linear equation that models the data.
x | 6 | 8 | 12 | 26 |
g(x) | –8 | –12 | –18 | –46 |
Not linear.
On June 1 st , a company has $4,000,000 profit. If the company then loses 150,000 dollars per day thereafter in the month of June, what is the company’s profit n th day after June 1 st ?
For the following exercises, determine whether the lines given by the equations below are parallel, perpendicular, or neither parallel nor perpendicular:
For the following exercises, find the x - and y - intercepts of the given equation
For the following exercises, use the descriptions of the pairs of lines to find the slopes of Line 1 and Line 2. Is each pair of lines parallel, perpendicular, or neither?
Line 1: Passes through and
Line 2: Passes through and
Line 1: Line 2: Parallel
Line 1: Passes through and
Line 2: Passes through and
Write an equation for a line perpendicular to and passing through the point (5, 20).
Find the equation of a line with a y - intercept of and slope
Find the point of intersection for the 2 linear functions:
A car rental company offers two plans for renting a car.
Plan A: 25 dollars per day and 10 cents per mile
Plan B: 50 dollars per day with free unlimited mileage
How many miles would you need to drive for plan B to save you money?
More than 250
Find the area of a triangle bounded by the y axis, the line and the line perpendicular to that passes through the origin.
A town’s population increases at a constant rate. In 2010 the population was 55,000. By 2012 the population had increased to 76,000. If this trend continues, predict the population in 2016.
118,000
The number of people afflicted with the common cold in the winter months dropped steadily by 50 each year since 2004 until 2010. In 2004, 875 people were inflicted.
Find the linear function that models the number of people afflicted with the common cold C as a function of the year, When will no one be afflicted?
For the following exercises, use the graph in [link] showing the profit, in thousands of dollars, of a company in a given year, where represents years since 1980.
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