Solving & Graphing Real-World Linear Problems

A car rental company charges a flat fee of $20 plus $0.15 per mile driven. If you drive 100 miles, how much will you pay? Graph the total cost as a function of miles driven.

• $40

• $25

• $35

• $50

A gym charges a monthly membership fee of $30 and an additional $5 for each class attended. If you attend 10 classes in a month, what is your total cost? Create a graph showing the relationship between the number of classes and total cost.

• $80

• $60

• $50

• $100

A phone plan costs $25 per month plus $0.10 for each minute used. If you use 200 minutes in a month, how much do you pay? Plot the cost as a function of minutes used.

• $30

• $45

• $50

• $40

A bakery sells cupcakes for $3 each and cookies for $2 each. If you buy 5 cupcakes and 10 cookies, how much do you spend? Graph the total cost based on the number of cupcakes and cookies bought.

• $25

• $30

• $40

• $35

A school is selling tickets for a play. Each ticket costs $8, and they are selling a total of 50 tickets. How much money will they make? Create a linear equation to represent the total sales based on the number of tickets sold.

• $300

• $500

• $200

• $400

A taxi charges a base fare of $2.50 plus $0.50 for each mile traveled. If you travel 10 miles, what is the total fare? Graph the relationship between miles traveled and fare.

• $10.00

• $7.50

• $8.00

• $5.00

A subscription service charges $15 per month plus $2 for each movie rented. If you rent 5 movies in a month, what is your total bill? Create a graph to show the relationship between the number of movies rented and total cost.

• $15

• $25

• $20

• $30

A farmer sells apples for $1.50 each and oranges for $1.00 each. If he sells 20 apples and 30 oranges, how much does he earn? Plot the earnings based on the number of apples and oranges sold.

• $50.00

• $60.00

• $75.00

• $45.00

A concert venue charges $50 for a ticket and an additional $10 for parking. If you buy 3 tickets and pay for parking, what is your total cost? Create a linear equation to represent the total cost based on the number of tickets purchased.

• $200

• $160

• $150

• $170

A bookstore sells novels for $12 each and magazines for $5 each. If you buy 4 novels and 6 magazines, how much do you spend? Graph the total cost as a function of the number of novels and magazines bought.

• $50

• $78

• $60

• $90