Slope-Intercept

What does the slope represent in this situation?

• The temperature starts at 35 degrees at 9 am.

• The temperatures rises 35 degrees per hour.

• The temperature rises 5 degrees per hour.

• The temperature rises 10 degrees per hour.

What does the slope represent in this situation?

• $40 per week spent on candy

• $1 spent every 2 weeks on buying candy

• $40 he started with before buying candy

• $2 spent per week to buy candy

What does the y-intercept represent?

• $40 lost buying candy

• 40 weeks of losing money by buying candy

• $40 in the saving account when he started buying candy

• $2 lost per week from savings to buy candy

What does the y-intercept mean in this context?

• Hank has a starting weight of 158 pounds.

• Hank loses 1.5 pounds per week.

• Hank now has a weight of 156.5 pounds.

• Hank loses 158 pounds per week.

Rich is a member of a gym. He pays a monthly fee plus a per-visit fee. The equation below represents the monthly amount Rich pays for his membership to the gym per month for x visits.
y=3x+10
What does the y-intercept of the graph of this equation represent?

• The monthly fee

• How much Rich pays per visit

• The number of times Rich goes to the gym

• The total cost at the end of the month

Charlie rented a moving truck. He paid a daily fee plus a per-mile fee to rent the truck. The equation below represents the daily amount Charlie paid for the truck if he drives it x miles.
y=0.5x+10
What does the slope of the graph of this equation represent?

• The daily fee for the moving truck

• The per-mile fee for the moving truck

• How much Charlie paid for the truck

• The number of miles he drove

What does the y-intercept represent in this situation, beginning at 9 am?

• The temperature is 35 degrees at 9 am.

• The temperature is rising 10 degrees per hour.

• The temperature is 35 degrees at midnight.

• The temperature is rising 1 degree per hour.

• The temperature is rising 35 degrees per hour.

The graph represents the height of a burning candle.  What is the meaning of the y-intercept?

• the time it takes to burn the entire candle

• the rate at which the candle is losing height

• the change in the height of the candle each hour

• the original height of the candle

What is the slope and y-intercept of the linear function given by the equation 4x - 3y = 6?

• The slope is 4/3 and the y-intercept is -2

• The slope is 4 and the y-intercept is 2

• The slope is -4/3 and the y-intercept is -2

• The slope is 4 and the y-intercept is -2

The graph of a function is shown on the coordinate plane. Which function or functions have a slope equal to the slope of the graph?

• y = −3x + 5

• y = −4x + 5

• y = 3x + 5

• y = 4x + 5