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Chapter 2 Individual Study Guide

1. Two puppies named Nalah and Princess had a race, represented in the graph below. The point (0, 0)
represents the starting line at the beginning of the race. Provide all the information you can about each puppys
performance. y
Princes

Distance
Nalah
(inches)
x
Time Elapsed

(minutes)

Which puppy will win the race? Justify your answer

2. Lucy is working with the concept of slope. She has two equations representing the walking speed of her two
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brothers. Roberto has a walking equation of = 3 . Raul has a walking equation of = 1 . The variable y
represents the walking distance in miles, and the variable x represents the time in hours. She is unclear about
the difference between these two equations. Lucy would also like to know how a persons speed can affect the
graph of a line. Write a detailed explanation to help Lucy understand.

a) Create a table for each brother

b) Represent that information in a graph
c) Compare the equations y explain your findings

3. Write an equation for each line segment in the graph at right.

4. Are the graphs of the two equations below the same? Justify your conclusion.
2 8 10 = 0 = 5 + 4

5. Read the information below about several lines. If there is enough information to draw a graph, then find a
Rule. Select the correct answer.

a) Line A has a slope of 7 and a y-intercept of 6.

b) Line B passes through the point (2, 5).
c) Line C passes through the origin and has a slope of 3.
d) Line E passes through the points (-3, -2) and (3, 10).
6 9. Match each situation with the corresponding equation below:

6) A line through the points (12, 3) and (8, 15).

7) A line with a slope of 5 and a y-intercept of 0.5.

8) For her birthday, Louise got $250 from her Grammy, but she has been spending $25.00 each
week.

9) A line has intercepts of (6, 0) and (0, 12).

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a. = 2 12 b. = 5 + 0.5 c. = 5 + d. = 25 + 250
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10. At this years Coney Island Hot Dog Eating Contest, the local nutrition Weight
department at the Coney Island Hospital wants to gather some data from the
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(pounds)
contestants. The nutritionist has scales installed in each contestants seat so
they can record the contestants weights as s/he eats hot dogs. The graph at 125
right shows one contestants weight over the ten minutes of the contest.

a. What is this contestants starting weight? How do you know?

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b. What is the slope of this line? What does it tell you? Be clear and
Minutes
complete!

11. When working on homework, Tammy and Jane came across the table below. The problem asked what the
slope of this line would be when graphed. Tammy thinks the slope is 0 since y = 0, but Jane thinks this means
the slope is undefined. Who, if anyone, is correct? Justify your answer.

x -3 -3 0 1 3
y -5 -5 -5 -5 -5
12. Consider the following pattern:

Describe the graphs if the pattern continues. What will the graphs look like when the Graph number becomes
larger and larger? Be clear and complete.
a) The line will be horizontal
b) The line will negative
c) The line will be vertical
d) The slope or the line will be very close to 1
13. A tile pattern starts with just four tiles, and grows by six tiles each time.

a. Create a graph to represent this situation.

b. What are the slope and the y-intercept of this graph?

c. Did you need the graph in part (a) to answer the question in part (b)? Explain.

d. Create a tile pattern, showing Figures 0 through 4, that fits the conditions listed above.

14. Mac bought a Cookie Card at the school cafeteria. Every time
Mac buys cookies, Lunch Lady Doris swipes the card through an
electronic card reader, which reduces the number of cookies left on
the card. Find out how many cookies Mac gets on each trip to the
cafeteria and how many more trips Mac can make before the card is
empty.

15. One day, feeling bored, you were reading through some posts on your schools homework help site. There
you read the following post:

Help! Ive missed several days of math and we have a test tomorrow. I know I need to be able to graph the
equation of line without making a table. I have no clue how to do this! Please help me! signed Worried
Wally.

Respond to Wallys post. Be clear and complete so that Wally can ace his test tomorrow (at least ace the
graphing linear equations part!)
16. Each point on the graph at right represents a different kind of boat.

a. Which two boats cost the same amount? Explain how you found your
answer.

b. Kara analyzed the graph and decided that boat D could carry the
greatest number of people. Do you agree with her conclusion?
Explain.

c. Add a point to the graph for a boat (E) that costs more than boat C but carries the same number of
passengers that boat C carries.
17. Alejandra has a new part-time job at the library. The equation = 8 + 88 shows the relationship between
her hours of work (x) and the amount of money in her bank account (y).

How much money did she have in her bank account before she started working and How much is Alejandra
earning per hour?

a) With 0 hours of work Alejandra has $0 in her bank account, and she earns $88 per hour.
b) With 0 hours of work Alejandra has $8 in her bank account, and she earns $88 per hour.
c) With 0 hours of work Alejandra has $0 in her bank account, and she earns $8 per hour.
d) With 0 hours of work Alejandra has $88 in her bank account, and she earns $8 per hour.
18. Latimar created an interesting pattern: 1, 2.5, 5.5, 11.5, and 23.5. Which of the following describes a
method for finding the next number in the pattern?

a. Multiply each number by 4 and subtract 2 to get the next number.

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b. Triple each number and subtract 2
to get the next number.

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c. Start with 2
and add the next consecutive odd number to each number to get the next.

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d. Multiply each number by 2 and add 2
to get the next number.

19. Aaron noticed that points A, B, and C on the graph at right lie on the same
line. Name the points A, B, and C using (x, y) notation, find the slope between
A, B and C, and find the equation.

20. Ramon tried graphing the equation y 3x 4 without making a table. How did he do? Explain what he
did correctly as well as what he did incorrectly.

21. For each situation, what would be the slope of the line representing the situation?

a. c.

Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3

22. Draw and label graphs for the five equations listed below and explain how the value of m affects the graph
of a line. Be sure that you explain what happens to a line when m is large, small, positive, negative, and zero.

a. = b. = c. = d. = e. =

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