Linear Equations and Word Problems

2x+3=x-7

• x=5

• x=-4

• x=1

• x=-10

5x+1=2x-5

• x=-2

• x=-6

• x=3

• x=.5

4 = 2(x + 3)

• 1/2

• 7/2

• -1

• 5

10(h+1) - 4 = 76

• h=10

• h=4

• h=7

• h=76

Simplify then Solve.

2(5b - 3) = 24

• b = 5

• b = 6

• b = 4

• b = 3

Solve for a

Solve for x

Solve for x

Solve for x

At the beginning of spring, Lauren planted a small sunflower in her backyard. The sunflower's height in inches, h, after w weeks, is given by the equation h=9+3w. What could the number 9 represent in the equation?

• The sunflower's height when it was planted

• The sunflower's final height

• The rate of change in the sunflower's height

• The sunflower's height after one week