246 2 • Exercises

38. Determine whether the 39. In what year will the 40. Based on the set of data given
trend appears to be linear. percentage exceed 12%? in Table 6, calculate the
If so, and assuming the regression line using a
trend continues, find a calculator or other technology
linear regression model to tool, and determine the
predict the percent of correlation coefficient to three
unemployed in a given decimal places.
year to three decimal
places. 17 20 23 26 29

15 25 31 37 40

Table 6

41. Based on the set of data given

in Table 7, calculate the
regression line using a
calculator or other technology
tool, and determine the
correlation coefficient to three
decimal places.

10 12 15 18 20

36 34 30 28 22

Table 7

For the following exercises, consider this scenario: The population of a city increased steadily over a ten-year span. The
following ordered pairs show the population and the year over the ten-year span (population, year) for specific recorded
years:

42. Use linear regression to 43. Predict when the 44. What is the correlation
determine a function population will hit 12,000. coefficient for this model to
where the year depends on three decimal places of
the population, to three accuracy?
decimal places of accuracy.

45. According to the model,

what is the population in
2014?

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Practice Test
1. Determine whether the 2. Determine whether the 3. Determine whether the
following algebraic equation following function is following function is
can be written as a linear increasing or decreasing. increasing or decreasing.
function.

4. Given the following set of 5. Given the following set of 6. Find the slope of the line in Figure
information, find a linear information, find a linear 1.
equation satisfying the equation satisfying the
conditions, if possible. conditions, if possible.

Passes through (5, 1) and (3, x intercept at (–4, 0) and

–9) y-intercept at (0, –6)

Figure 1

7. Write an equation for line in Figure 8. Does Table 1 represent a 9. Does Table 2 represent a
2. linear function? If so, find a linear function? If so, find a
linear equation that models linear equation that models
the data. the data.

–6 0 2 4 1 3 7 11

14 32 38 44 4 9 19 12

Table 1 Table 2

Figure 2

10. At 6 am, an online

company has sold 120
items that day. If the
company sells an average
of 30 items per hour for
the remainder of the day,
write an expression to
represent the number of
items that were sold after
6 am.

For the following exercises, determine whether the lines given by the equations below are parallel, perpendicular, or
neither parallel nor perpendicular:

11. 12. 13. Find the x- and y-intercepts

of the equation
14. Given below are 15. Write an equation for a line 16. Sketch a line with a
descriptions of two lines. perpendicular to y-intercept of and
Find the slopes of Line 1 and passing slope .
and Line 2. Is the pair of through the point
lines parallel,
perpendicular, or neither?

Line 1: Passes through

and

Line 2: Passes through

and

17. Graph of the linear 18. For the two linear 19. A car rental company
function . functions, find the point of offers two plans for renting
intersection: a car.

Plan A: $25 per day and

$0.10 per mile
Plan B: $40 per day with free
unlimited mileage

How many miles would you

need to drive for plan B to
save you money?

20. Find the area of a triangle 21. A town’s population 22. The number of people
bounded by the y axis, the increases at a constant afflicted with the common
line , and rate. In 2010 the cold in the winter months
the line perpendicular to population was 65,000. By dropped steadily by 25
that passes through the 2012 the population had each year since 2002 until
origin. increased to 90,000. 2012. In 2002, 8,040 people
Assuming this trend were inflicted. Find the
continues, predict the linear function that models
population in 2018. the number of people
afflicted with the common
cold as a function of the
year, When will less than
6,000 people be afflicted?

For the following exercises, use the graph in Figure 3, showing the profit, , in thousands of dollars, of a company in a
given year, , where represents years since 1980.

Figure 3

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23. Find the linear function , 24. Find and interpret the 25. In 2004, a school
where depends on , the y-intercept. population was 1250. By
number of years since 2012 the population had
1980. dropped to 875. Assume
the population is changing
linearly.

ⓐ How much did the

population drop between
the year 2004 and 2012?
ⓑ What is the average
population decline per
year?
ⓒ Find an equation for
the population, P, of the
school t years after 2004.

26. Draw a scatter plot for the data provided in Table 27. Draw a best-fit line for the plotted data.
3. Then determine whether the data appears to be
linearly related.

0 2 4 6 8 10

–450 –200 10 265 500 755

Table 3

For the following exercises, use Table 4, which shows the percent of unemployed persons 25 years or older who are
college graduates in a particular city, by year.

Year 2000 2002 2005 2007 2010

Percent Graduates 8.5 8.0 7.2 6.7 6.4

Table 4

28. Determine whether the 29. In what year will the 30. Based on the set of data given in
trend appears linear. If so, percentage drop below Table 5, calculate the regression line
and assuming the trend 4%? using a calculator or other
continues, find a linear technology tool, and determine the
regression model to correlation coefficient. Round to
predict the percent of three decimal places of accuracy.
unemployed in a given
year to three decimal 16 18 20 24 26
places.
106 110 115 120 125

Table 5
For the following exercises, consider this scenario: The population of a city increased steadily over a ten-year span. The
following ordered pairs shows the population (in hundreds) and the year over the ten-year span, (population, year) for
specific recorded years:

31. Use linear regression to 32. Predict when the 33. What is the correlation
determine a function y, population will hit 20,000. coefficient for this model?
where the year depends on
the population. Round to
three decimal places of
accuracy.

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