Math 8 , Period _______

Name _________________________________

Fixing the Finish with Functions Day 3

Date

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Practice
Answer each of the following questions
based on the graph to the right.
(1) Who has the cell phone plan with
the greater cost per minute?
Explain.

(2) Miriams cost line begins at $4.

What does that indicate?

(3) Write an equation for each of the

cell phone plans.
Miriam

Tyrell

Liam is reading a 254-page book for school. He can read 40 pages in one hour. The equation for the
number of pages he has left to read is y = 254 40x, where x is the number of hours he reads.
Use the equation to find how many pages Liam has left after 3 hours.

Interpret what the slope and the y-intercept represent.

Extensions
(1)

Uh-oh your dog Fido comes running up to you at the beginning of the race. He wants to join in!
Luckily, you know Fido can run at 20 m/s. Based on our previous work with the robots, where
should Fido start? Write an equation to represent this situation.

(2)

Another group of three people decide to fix their finish using functions too. As in our scenario,
there are three different runners with different speeds. Data for each runner is presented below.
Runner #1

Runner #2

y = 15x + 10

x
y
2
40
6 120
10 200

Which runner has the greatest rate? Explain.

Runner #3

Math 8 , Period _______

Name _________________________________

Quiz - Fixing the Finish with Functions

Date

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Johnny has 10 postcards in his postcards in his postcard collection. He decides that from now on, every
time he goes on vacation he will buy postcards to 8 add to his collection.
Write an equation to represent the number of postcards(y) he will have after any number of vacations(x).

Graph the situation on the coordinate plane below.

What are the slope and y-intercept of the line?

Explain why the line slopes up by 8 for each vacation.

Why does the line cross the y-axis at 10?