Analyzing Word Problems on Linear Equation

As the student council treasurer, you prepare the budget for your class rafting trip. Each large raft costs $100 to rent and each small raft costs $40 to rent. You have $1,600 to spend. Write an equation in standard form to describe the situation.

• 40y+100x=1600

• 100x+40y=1600

• 40x+100y+1600

• 100y+40x=1600

A bus company took a tour bus on the ferry when there were 30 people aboard. The ferry charged the bus company $180. The following week, the bus had 50 people on board and the ferry charged them $220. How much is the "base rate" for the empty bus?

• 120

• 220

• 180

• 30

I rent a gym for 30 students and the cost is $150. Another time I rent the gym for 70 students and the cost is $270.00. What is the fixed rate?

• $20

• $60

• $80

• $40

As the student council treasurer, you prepare the budget for your class rafting trip. Each large raft costs $100 to rent and each small raft costs $40 to rent. You have $1,600 to spend. Find the number of small rafts you can rent if you rent 12 large rafts.

• 12

• 10

• 11.2

• 11

Jamie ordered 200 business cards and paid $23. She ordered 500 business cards a few months later and paid $35. Write a linear equation to describe this scenario.

• y=0.04x+15

• y=-0.04x+15

• y=0.4x+15

• y=-0.4x+15

Jamie ordered 200 business cards and paid $23. She ordered 500 business cards a few months later and paid $35. Find the cost to order 700 business cards

• $46

• $47

• $15

• $43

Linda bought a Bloodgood Japanese Maple tree. In two years, the tree was 7' tall and in 10 years the tree grew to its mature height of 15'. Write an equation in slope-intercept form that shows the number of years, t, it takes to reach a certain height, h.

• h = - t + 9

• h = t + 5

• h = t - 9

• h = -t + 5

Each month, Olin’s cell phone plan costs $34.99, plus $12.95 per GB of data that he uses. His bill this month was $60.89. Which equation can be used to find the amount of data (d) Olin used this month?

• 34.99d +12.95 = 60.89

• 34.99 + d = 60.89

• 34.99 - 12.95d = 60.89

• 34.99 + 12.95d = 60.89

The temperature where Cally lives is 73℉ and is falling 2℉ per hour. Which of the following equations can be used to determine how many hours (h) it will take for the temperature to drop to 65℉?

• 73 - 2h = 65

• 73 - 65 = 2h

• 65 - 2h = 63

• 2h - 73 = 65

A T-shirt design company charges your team an initial fee of $25 to create the team's design. Each t-shirt printed with your design costs an additional $8. The equation for this situation is y = 8x + 25. What is the y-intercept in context.

• The additional fee of $8.

• The initial fee of $25.

• The additional fee of $25.

• The initial fee of $8.