Slope Intercept Standard Form Word Problems

Would you write a linear equation to model the following situation in slope-intercept form or standard form? 
The cost for a health club membership is $20 per month plus an initial $49 membership fee. 

• Slope-Intercept Form

• Standard Form

Would you write a linear equation to model the following situation in slope-intercept form or standard form? 
Luke wants to make 80 dollars doing yardwork. He earns $10 per lawn he mows and $20 per garden he weeds. 

• Standard Form

• Slope-Intercept

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A man is climbing down from 100 feet high descending 30 feet per minute.

• y = 100 - 30x

• y = 100 + 30x

• y = 100x + 30

• y = 100x - 30

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Would you write a linear equation to model the following situation in slope-intercept form or standard form? 
Mrs. Harris is going to the movies. She spends $10 per ticket and $5 per bucket of popcorn. She only wants to spend $50. 

• Slope-intercept

• Standard form

Would you write a linear equation to model the following situation in slope-intercept form or standard form? 
The price of a large cheese pizza is $5.95 plus an additional $0.75 per topping. 

• slope-intercept

• standard form

Write an linear equation to model the following:
You want to buy desserts, ice-cream is $2.50 per scoop and puppychow is $4 per bag and you want to spend $20. 

• y=2.50x+4

• 2.50x+4y=20

• y=4x+2.5

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Easy Car Rental charges $8.50 an hour plus a rental fee of $25.50. Which equation represents the total charges for x hours?

• y = 8.5 + 25.5

• y = 25.5 + 8.5x

• y = 8.5 + 25.5x

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The population of a city increases by 4000 people each year. In 2025, the population is projected to be 450,000 people. What is an equation that gives the city's population y (in thousands of people) x years after 2010?

• y = 4x + 450

• y - 450 = 4(x - 15)

• y - 15 = 4(x - 450)

• y = 4x + 15

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CCSS.8.F.B.4

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Cheryl is planning to spend $75 on a Christmas gift for her father. He needs new socks and ties. A store has socks and ties on sale for $4 and $11, respectively. What form of a linear equation would best represent this situation?

• Standard Form

• Point-Slope Form

• Slope-Intercept Form

• None of the above

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Two farmers use combines to harvest corn from their fields. One farmer can harvest 600 acres of corn per day, and the other farmer can harvest 1000 acres of corn per day. They harvested 9800 acres of corn total. Which equations could represent this situation? Choose all that apply.

• 600x + 1000y = 9800

• 1000x + 600y = 9800

• y = 6/10x + 9800

• y = 10/6x + 9800

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