Functions and Linear Equations 41

Exercises - Rate of Change and Slope

1 3
y The graph of the linear function f passes through
(−3,3) the points (a,1) and (1, b) in the xy - plane. If the
slope of the graph of f is 1, which of the
following is true?
x
O
(0, −1)
A) a − b =
1
B) a + b =
1
C) a − b =2
What is the rate of change shown in the graph
of the line above? D) a + b =2

4
A) − 4
3
What is the slope of the line that passes through
3
B) − (3, 2) and (−1, −8) ?
4
3
C)
4
4
D)
3 5
What is the value of r if the line that passes
through (4,3) and (−5, r ) has a slope of −1 ?
2

x −3 0 3 6
y −1 1 3 5

What is the average rate of change for the relation 6

shown in the table above?
What is the value of a if the line that passes
5
1 through (a, 7) and (1, a ) has a slope of − ?
A) 9
3
1
B)
2
2 7
C)
3 − x + 4 y =6
5
D) What is the slope of the line in the equation above?
6 .
Functions and Linear Equations 43

Exercises - Slope-Intercept Form and Point-Slope Form

3
Questions 1-3 refer to the following information. Which of the following is the equation of the line
in standard form?
y

A) 4 x − 3 y =
−4
(−4, 2)
B) 4 x + 3 y =
−4
x C) 3 x − 4 y =
−4
O
D) 3 x + 4 y =
−4
(4, −4)

The graph of a linear equation is shown in the

diagram above. 4
In 2005, 120 students at Lincoln High School
1 had smart phones. By 2010, 345 students in the
Which of the following is the equation of the line same school had smart phones. Which of the
in point-slope form? following best describes the annual rate of change
in the number of smart phones students had from
2005 to 2010 at Lincoln High School?
4
A) y + 4 =− ( x − 4)
3
A) The average increase in the number of smart
4 phones per year is 40.
B) y − 4 =− ( x + 4)
3 B) The average increase in the number of smart
3 phones per year is 45.
C) y − 2 =− ( x + 4)
4 C) The average increase in the number of smart
phones per year is 50.
3
D) y + 2 =− ( x − 4) D) The average increase in the number of smart
4
phones per year is 55.

2
Which of the following is the equation of the line 5
in slope-intercept form? Which of the following is the equation of the
line that passes through point (4, −1) and has
3 slope −2 ?
A) y =
− x +1
4
A) x + 2 y =
2
3
B) y =
− x −1 B) x − 2 y =
6
4
4 C) 2 x − y =
9
C) y =
− x +1
3 D) 2 x + y =7
4
D) y =
− x −1
3
Functions and Linear Equations 45

Exercises - Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

1 4
Which of the following equations represents A line passes through the points (−1, 2) and (5, b),
a line that is parallel to the line with equation and is parallel to the graph of the equation
y=
1
− x + 5 and contains the point (−2, ) ?
1 4x − 2 y = 13 . What is the value of b ?
2 2

A) x − 2 y =
−3

B) x + 2 y =
−1
5
C) 2 x − y =−5
y
D) 2 x + y =−3

(0,3)
(−4, b)

(2,0)
x
2 O

Which of the following equations represents

a line that passes through (7, 6) and is parallel (−1, −3)

to the x- axis? m 

A) x = 6 In the xy - plane above, line  is parallel to line m .

What is the value of b ?
B) y = 7

C) y = 7

D) y = 6

3 (−1, 4) t
Which of the following equations represents
a line that passes through (−5,1) and is parallel (2,1)
to the y - axis? x
O
(a, −2)

A) y = −5 (−4, −3)

B) y = 1 

C) x = −5 In the xy - plane above, if line  is perpendicular

D) x = 1 to line t , what is the value of a ?
Functions and Linear Equations 49

Exercises - Solving Systems of Linear Equations

1 4
Which of the following systems of equations
=
y 2x + 4
has infinitely many solutions?
x − y =−1

Which ordered pair ( x, y ) satisfies the system of A) x + y =

1
equations shown above?
x− y =
1

A) (−2, −3) B) −2 x + y =
1

B) (−3, −2) −2 x + y =
5

C) (−1, 2) 1 1
C) x− y =
1
2 3
D) (−2, 0)
3x − 2 y =
6

D) 2 x + 3 y =
1
3x − 2 y =
1
2

1
x+ y = 1
2
−2 x − y =
5 5

If ( x, y ) is a solution to the system of equations ax − y =0

above, what is the value of x + y ? x − by =
1

A) −2 In the system of equations above, a and b are

constants and x and y are variables. If the system
B) −1 of equations above has no solution, what is the
C) 1 value of a ⋅ b ?
D) 2

3 6

2 x − ky =
14 1
2x − y=
15
5x − 2 y =
5 2
1
ax − y =
10
In the system of equations above, k is a constant 3
and x and y are variables. For what values of k
In the system of equations above, a is a constant
will the system of equations have no solution?
and x and y are variables. For what values of a
will the system of equations have infinitely many
solution?
52 Chapter 3

Chapter 3 Practice Test

1 4
Line  in the xy - plane contains points from
x −4 0 6
each of the Quadrants I, III, and IV, but no points
f ( x) −4 −1 k from Quadrant II. Which of the following must
be true?

In the table above, if f ( x) is a linear function,

A) The slope of line  is zero.
what is the value of k ?
B) The slope of line  is undefined.

A) 2.5 C) The slope of line  is positive.

B) 3 D) The slope of line  is negative.

C) 3.5
D) 4
5

x −3 −1 1 5
2
f ( x) 9 5 1 −7
1
The graph of a line in the xy - plane has slope
3
The table above shows some values of the linear
and contains the point (9,1) . The graph of a second
function f . Which of the following defines f ?
line passes through the points (−2, 4) and (5, −3) .
If the two lines intersect at (a, b) , what is the value
A) f ( x=
) 2x − 3
of a + b ?
B) f ( x) =−2 x + 3
A) −2
C) f ( x=
) 2x −1
B) 2
D) f ( x) =−2 x + 1
C) 4
D) 6

6
3
1
Which of the following expressions is equal to 0 If f ( x) =−6 x + 1 , what is f ( x − 1) equal to?
2
for some value of x ?
A) −3 x + 7
A) 5+ x+5 B) −3 x − 5
B) 5+ x −5 C) −3 x + 1
D) −3 x − 1
C) −5 + x + 5

D) −5 − x − 5
Functions and Linear Equations 53

Questions 7 and 8 refer to the following A line in the xy - plane passes through the point
information. 1
(1, −2) and has a slope of .Which of the
Height of a Paraglider 3
H following points lies on the line?
3,000
A) (3, −2)
Height (feet)

4
2,000 B) (2, − )
3
C) (0, −2)
1,000
8
D) (−1, − )
m
3
0 5 10 15
Time (minutes)
10
The graph above shows the relationship between the f ( x=
) ax + 2
height of paraglider H , in feet, and time m , in
minutes. In the function above, a is a constant. If
1
f (−1) =4 , what is the value of f (− ) ?
7 2
Which of the following represents the relationship
between H and m ?

A) H =
−100m + 3000
11
B) H =
−150m + 3000
If the slope of the line in the xy - plane that passes
C) H =
−175m + 3000 3
through the points (2, −4) and (6, k ) is , what
D) H =
−225m + 3000 2
is the value of k ?

8
If the height of the paraglider is 1,350 feet, which 12
of the following best approximates the time the
paraglider has been flying? 1 3
x− y = −11
3 4
A) 10 minutes 1 1
x+ y = −1
B) 10 minutes and 30 seconds 2 6
If ( x, y ) is the solution to the system of equations
C) 11 minutes
above, what is the value of x + y ?
D) 11 minutes and 30 seconds