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At noon, a barista notices that she has $20 in her tip jar. If she makes an average of $0.50 from each customer, how much will she have in her tip jar if she serves
more customers during her shift?
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A gym membership with two personal training sessions costs $125, while gym membership with five personal training sessions costs $260. What is cost per session?
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A clothing business finds there is a linear relationship between the number of shirts,
it can sell and the price,
it can charge per shirt. In particular, historical data shows that 1,000 shirts can be sold at a price of
while 3,000 shirts can be sold at a price of $22. Find a linear equation in the form
that gives the price
they can charge for
shirts.
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A phone company charges for service according to the formula:
where
is the number of minutes talked, and
is the monthly charge, in dollars. Find and interpret the rate of change and initial value.
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A farmer finds there is a linear relationship between the number of bean stalks,
she plants and the yield,
each plant produces. When she plants 30 stalks, each plant yields 30 oz of beans. When she plants 34 stalks, each plant produces 28 oz of beans. Find a linear relationships in the form
that gives the yield when
stalks are planted.
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A city’s population in the year 1960 was 287,500. In 1989 the population was 275,900. Compute the rate of growth of the population and make a statement about the population rate of change in people per year.
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A town’s population has been growing linearly. In 2003, the population was 45,000, and the population has been growing by 1,700 people each year. Write an equation,
for the population
years after 2003.
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Suppose that average annual income (in dollars) for the years 1990 through 1999 is given by the linear function:
where
is the number of years after 1990. Which of the following interprets the slope in the context of the problem?
- As of 1990, average annual income was $23,286.
- In the ten-year period from 1990–1999, average annual income increased by a total of $1,054.
- Each year in the decade of the 1990s, average annual income increased by $1,054.
- Average annual income rose to a level of $23,286 by the end of 1999.
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When temperature is 0 degrees Celsius, the Fahrenheit temperature is 32. When the Celsius temperature is 100, the corresponding Fahrenheit temperature is 212. Express the Fahrenheit temperature as a linear function of
the Celsius temperature,
- Find the rate of change of Fahrenheit temperature for each unit change temperature of Celsius.
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Questions & Answers
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in what situation (s) would be the use of a scanning electron microscope be ideal and why?
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) is ideal for situations requiring high-resolution imaging of surfaces. It is commonly used in materials science, biology, and geology to examine the topography and composition of samples at a nanoscale level. SEM is particularly useful for studying fine details,
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Source:
OpenStax, College algebra. OpenStax CNX. Feb 06, 2015 Download for free at https://legacy.cnx.org/content/col11759/1.3
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