Graphing Functions

A holiday meal costs $12.50 a person plus a delivery fee of $30.  Which equation represents the amount a holiday meal costs, including delivery, for x people?

• y = 30 + 12.5x 
• y = 12.5 + 30
• y = 12.5 + 30x

The Roaming Cell Phone Company charges $15.00 per month plus $0.20 per minute of airtime usage.  If Juanita uses x minutes of airtime, what is an equation that can be used to determine her monthly cell phone bill (C)?

• C = 0.20x + 15
• C =15 (0.20x)
• C = 15 + x + 0.20
• C = 0.20 + 15x

In order to join a dancing club, there is a $30 startup fee and a $4 monthly fee. Write an equation in slope-intercept form that models this situation.  After how many months will the total cost be $58?

• 7 months
• 6 months
• 5 months 
• 4 months

Which of the following situations could be descried by the equation y= -25x + 120

• There are 120 people in the football stadium, and 25 more are entering each hour.
• A plumber charges $25 for a house call and $120 per hour.
• A teacher has 120 students. Her third period has 25 students
• There are 120 gallons of water in a tank. It releases water at a rate of 25 gallons per minute

A clothing subscription company charges a one time fee of $30 and then $12 a month. If you had the subscription for 8 months, how much money would you have paid total?

A pool starts with 45 gallons of water and has a slow leak that causes it to lose 5 gallons of water an hour. How many hours would it take for the pool to have 25 gallons?

A clothing subscription company charges a one time fee of $30 and then $12 a month. If you had the subscription for 8 months, how much money would you have paid total?

Which situation can be represented by the equation y = 8x + 42.5

• Emily plans to take art classes to learn how to paint. She spends $42.50 on supplies at Hobby Lobby and $8.00 on supplies at Michaels. What is y, the total amount spent after buying x supplies?

• Ari has $42.50 in her bank account. She spends $8.00 on Christmas gifts for each of her AVID mentees. How much total money, y, does Ari have in her account after buying x, gifts?

• Christine buys some movie tickets for $8.00 each. Then she spends $42.50 on snacks at the concession stand. What is y, the total amount spent after buying, x, tickets?

• Stephen is a baker and sells birthday cakes. He spends $42.50 on ingredients, then charges $8.00 per cake. What is y, the total amount earned after selling x, cakes?

A person can pay $25 for a gym membership and then has a $1 required fee per person that visits the gym to work out. How many visits has a person done to get a total cost of $30?

• 5 visits

• 1 visit

• 8 visits

• 3 visits

Evan is going to the 50th state fair this weekend. It costs $10 to enter and each ride is $2. Create a linear function that could be used to determine how many "x" rides Evan can go on.

What does the variable "y" represent?

• the number of rides he goes on

• the total cost of going to the fair