Algebra 2 Practice: October 2

Set 1- Large group Questions:

1) Find the equation for a line with the given information:

- Slope= -1, through (4,-3)
- Through (1,4) and (-2, -2).
2) Card Carriers charges $36 to print 1200 business cards and $56 for 2700 cards. Assume the
relationship between the price and the number of business cards is linear.
a) Write an equation giving the price as a function of the number of cards printed.
b) Find the set-up cost (the cost for printing 0 cards).
c) Find the cost of printing 6000 cards.

3) Refer to the graph below. Mort walked to the library where he studied for a while and then
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walked home. Let b represent blocks from home, and h represent hours.

b
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2 2 4 6 8 10 h 12

a) How
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long did Mort stay at the library?
b) Find Mort’s speed in blocks per hour on his way to the library.
c) Find the total distance Mort walked.

Set 2- Small group questions:

4) The Northstreet Disposal Company charges $30 to send out a truck to pick up debris. For the
first 5 cubic yards of debris, the company charges an additional $10 per cubic yard. For each
additional cubic yard, to a maximum of 45 cubic yards, the company charges $6.
a) What is the cost to have the following amounts of debris removed?
i) 3 cubic yards ii) 6 cubic yards
ii) 30 cubic yards iv) 45 cubic yards
 b) Write an equation that gives the cost c for picking up y cubic yards of debris for the
following values of y.
i) y: [0,5] ii) y: (5,45]
5) Find the slope, y-intercept, and x intercept:
a) 3x+6y=18
b) X= -7
6) Write a linear combination representing total cost.
Apples cost $0.75 each and bananas cost $0.45 each.

Set 3- Partner Questions:

7) Graph the line y= -.75x +7 and identify the coordinates of at least two points on the line.
8) The kinetic energy of an object varies jointly as its mass and the square of its velocity. The
kinetic energy of an object with mass 12 kilograms moving at 8 meters per second is 384 joules.
Find the kinetic energy of an object with mass 8 kilograms moving at 12 meters second.
9) Ms. Adams has 32 ounces of water in a bottle. She can drink 5 ounces an hour.
a) How much water does she have left after n hours?
b) How many hours will it take her to finish the bottle of water?
10) A copy store’s charges are shown below. Rewrite the charges as a piecewise function where n is
the number of copies.

Black and White Copies

1-99: $0.10 each

100+: $0.08 each

Set 4- Individual Problems:

11) Find an equation for the line through point (-4,1) parallel to 4x+2y=7.
12) Last week, Mr. Chinn sold $20,000 worth of newspaper advertisements and earned $800. The
week before, he sold $26,000 worth of ads and earned $860. Assume the relationship between
Mr. Chinn’s weekly earnings and the value of the ads he sells is linear.
a) Write an equation giving Mr. Chinn’s weekly earnings as a function of the value of the ads
he sells.
b) In this situation, what do the slope and y-intercept mean?
c) If in one week Mr. Chinn sells $30,000 worth of ads, how much will he earn?
13) A girl walks 15 blocks an hour for one hour, then stops at her friend’s house for 2 hours. She
then walks home and get home in 1.5 hours.
a) Make a graph of a function for the girl’s number of blocks from home verses hours.
b) How fast did the girl walk during the last 1.5 hours?