Constructing Models

real-life quantities as expressions, equations. and

Constructing model questions require you to represent graphs
.

Questions of this type can be found in several other chapters in this book, but this chapter is specificallyfouse
cused
on the ones that don't pertain to any of the conventional model types (eg. linear, quadratic, exponential), No
that doesn't mean this chapter's difficult. Most of the questions are actually quite simple, and there won'tbe
any new concepts here. We'll just do two examples and leave the rest to you in the chapter exercise.

EXAMPLE 1: At a school, there are a grade levels with b students in each grade. If the school buys n
stickers to be distributed equally among the students, which of the following gives the number of stickers
each student receives?

A) B) C) a D)
D) ab

The school has a total of (a) (b) = ab students. To find the number of stickers each student receives, we divide

the number of stickers n by the number of students: Answer

ab (D)

EXAMPLE 2: Water was pumped into a tank at a constant rate until it was full. The tank was then drained
at a slower rate than it had been filled. Which of the following graphs could represent the total amount r
water in the tank versus time?

A) B) C) D)
O

Time
Time Time Time

Water being pumped into the tank should be lope).

Water represented by a line going up and to the right (positive s
being drained
should be represented
by a line going down and to the right (negative slope). 1na
leave

us with
answers Cand Since the tank was drained at a slower rate than it was filled, the answer
D. he

line going down is not as 15

steep as the line going up.

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CHAPTER EXERCISE: Answers for this chapter start on page 285.

A calculator should NOT be used on the

following questions.
4
An internet service provider charges a one time
setup fee of $100 and $50 each month for service.
Ifc customers join at the same time and are on
A carpenter lays x bricks per hour fory hours the service for m months, which of the following
and then lays bricks per hour for 2y more expressions represents the total amount, in
hours. In terms of x and y, how many bricks did dollars, the provider has charged these
he lay in total? customers?

A) 2xy A) 100c + 50m

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B) 100c+ 50cm
B)xy C) 150cm

C) 5xy D) 100m +50cm

D)+3y 5

At a math team competition, there are m schools

2 with n students from each school. The host
school wants to order enough pizza such that
A cheese vendor currently has 175 pounds of
there are 2 slices for each student. If there are 8
mozzarella available for sale. If each pound of
slices in one pizza, which of the following gives
mozzarella sells for $8.75, which of the following
the number of pizzas the host school must
functions gives the amount of mozzarella M, in
order?
pounds, still available for sale after d dollars
A) mn
worth has been sold? 8
a mn
A) M(d) =1758.75 B) 4
B) M(d) = 175 -8.75d m +2n
C) 8
8.75
C) M(d) = 175 - D) 2mn
d
D) M(d) = 175(8.75) -d

A retail store has monthly fixed costs of $3,000

and monthly salary costs of $2,500 for each
employee. If the store hires x employees for an
entire year, which of the following equations
represents the store's total cost c, in dollars, for
the year?

A) C=3,000 +2,500x
B) C= 12(3,000 +2, 500x)
C) c
12(3,000) +2,500x
D) c 3,000+12(2,500x)

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C O N S T R U C T I N G

CHAPTER 7

A calculator is allowed on the

increases the
questions. ollowing
followin.
A manufacturing plant
chemical compound by d
temperature of a
m minutes. If the
Celsius every
degrees
initial temperature of t Kaiba began a 5-mile commute
compound has an byy bikin.
miles to a rest area. He
stopped at biking for 4
of the following
degrees Celsius, which the
expressions gives its temperature
after x
and tne.
for 15 minutess and then
walked for he es e
remainder of the commute. If
minutes, in degrees Celsius?
11.+T
than he walks, which of the
Kaiba Kaiba
followingbiskes taster
A) could represent his commute? aphs
B)
nd +t A)

C)t+

D)4d111

7 15 30 45
Time (minutes)
A cupcake store
of
employs bakers to make boxes B)
cupcakes.
Each box contains x
cupcakes and
each baker is
expected
each day. Which of the
to
produce y cupcakes
following expressions
gives the number of boxes needed for all
the
cupcakes produced by 3x bakers
days? for 4working
A) 12xy

B) 3y 15 30 45
4
Time (minutes)
122
y
C)
D) 12y

Ata shop for tourists, the

is a
dollars. Each price
one of
souvenir
after the first
is
additional souvenir 15 30
of the discounted by 40 purchased 45
in following
dollars, of equations gives thepercent. Which Time (minutes)
n12
total cost C,
purchasing souvenirs, where
n
D)
A) C=a
+
B)
C) C
C=a (n-1)(0.4a)
+(n -1)(0.6a)
a+n(0.6a)
=

D) C =
0.6an

5 30 45
Time (minutes)
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10
Mike starts driving to work and records his At a video game arcade, d dollars can be
distance from home, in miles, every 10 minutes. for p tokens. If each game requires w
exchanged
His distance from home increases sBlowly at first tokens to play, which of the following gives the
due to traffic, then increases more quicklyas cost per game, in dollars?
traffic clears up. Which of the following graphs
could illustrate Mike's distance from home A)
during his drive? dp
A) B)
pw
25 dw
20 C)
15
10 D)

o 10 20 30 40 50 60 12
Time (minutes)
To prepare for landing, a plane descends so that
its altitude decreases at a constant rate from
of
24,500 feet to 17,900 feet in 12 minutes. Which
25 the equations gives
following the altitude A, in
20 descent
feet, of the plane t minutes after its
15 12?
began, for 0 t<
10 550t
A) A =17,900
-

B) 17,900+ 550t
A =

o 10 20 30 40 50 60 C)A = 24,500 550t

Time (minutes) D) A= 24, 500 +550t
C)
13
25
20 A taxicab charges a dollars for the first mile
15 traveled and b dollars for each additional mile. If
a particular passenger
traveled m o r e than one
10
a ride that cost $24, which of the
mile during
the
following represents the distance, miles,
in
10 20 30 40 50 60 passenger
traveled during the ride?

Time (minutes)
24 a - b
A) h
D)
24 a +b
25 B) b
20 24 +a-b
15 C) b

9E10 D) b
24-

5
0 60
1 0 20 30 40 50
Time (minutes)

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14
15
Mark started working as an inspector for a large To move into a new
studio
construction company on June 1, 2019. of an art club
agreed to space. e, +he
his contract, his annual salary will rent of r dollars split
the first m memb
Acconding to
increase by $15,000 on the first day of June each
equally
of the members fail to among themse?month's
pay
vear. Which of the following graphs could the following represents thetheir share whives.fk
additional amount,
remainingonal
model Mark's annual salary, in dollars, x years in dollars, that each of the
after June 1, 2019? must pay to cover the
first month's
A)
A) m-k
kr
B) m -k

C) kr(m k)
m

kr
D) m(m - k)
12 3 4 56
B)

2 3 4 5 6
C

12 3 4
5 6
D)

123 4 56

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