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Unit 3 Linear Functions

Topic #1 → Understanding the coordinate plane

Topic #2 → Graph Stories
Topic #3 → Calculating Slope
Topic #4 → Slope-Intercept Form of a Linear Equation
Topic #5 → Horizontal and Vertical Lines
Topic #6 → Point-Slope Form of a Linear Equation
Topic #7 → Modeling with Linear Equations
Topic #8 → Standard Form of a Linear Equation
Topic #9 → Comparing Linear Functions
Topic #10 → Graphing Linear Segments Over Restricted Domains
Topic #11 → Graphing Linear Inequalities
Topic #12 → Writing and Solving Linear Inequalities

Complete each of the following assignments to practice each skill from Unit 3 -
Linear Functions. Be sure to SHOW ALL WORK for each question and demonstrate
quality thinking. Fill the space provided to jot down helpful hints and reminders,
creating your own study guide to refer back to throughout the unit. Use this as one
of the many resources to help you prepare for the Unit Exam.

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Stop and Reflect for Each Topic:
Topic Main Idea Helpful Hints
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1 Understanding the Identify x and y axes

Coordinate Plane Name coordinate points
Plot coordinate points

2 Graph Stories Use the labels of the x and y axes to refer

to coordinate points in context
Determine the average rate of change for
specific intervals

3 Use the slope formula

Calculating Slope Find slope given two points, a table, a
graph, or from an equation in any form

4 Slope-Intercept Form Identify the slope and y-intercept

Use the equation to graph the relationship
Use the equation to identify more
coordinate points on the line.

5 Horizontal and Vertical Identify the slope of horizontal and vertical

Lines lines
Use the equation to determine the direction
of the line

6 Point-Slope Form of a Identify coordinate points from the

Linear Equation equation
Determine the slope
Graph the line given the equation
Rewrite in slope-intercept form

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7 Standard Form of a Find the x-and y-intercepts from standard
Linear Equation form
Graph an equation from standard form

8 Modeling Linear Write the linear function given a situation

Equations Name the rate of change and coordinate
points in the context of the problem
Apply function notation

9 Comparing Linear Find the slope from a table, graph,

Functions equation, and situation
Determine which relationship is steeper,
increases at a faster rate, etc.
Find and compare the initial values in all
forms

10 Graphing Linear Graph a linear function only over a specific

Segments over interval
Restricted Domains Determine if coordinate points are included
or not included based on the domain
Identify the range

11 Graphing Linear
Graph a linear inequality on the coordinate
Inequalities
plane
Determine solutions to the linear inequality
and identity the appropriate boundary line

12 Modeling with Linear Write the linear inequality given a situation

Inequalities Determine solutions to the inequality in the
context of the problem
Interpret appropriate solutions

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 Topic #1 → Understanding the Coordinate Plane
Question #1: Question #2:
Identify the coordinates of the following points: Plot the given coordinates on the coordinate plane
to the right. (Using the coordinate grid from #1)
A: _________ B: __________ C: _________
G: (-5, 0) H: (0, 2)

D: _________ E: __________ F: _________ I: (4, -5) J: (4, 0)

Question #3:
Use the coordinate grid to the right to answer the
following questions: (Using the coordinate grid
from #1)

Which coordinate point(s) lie on the x-axis?

Which coordinate point(s) are on the y-axis?

What are the coordinates of the origin?

Question #4

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 Topic #2 → Graph Stories
Question #1:
Motion is often depicted in graphs that we can analyze. The average speed can be thought of as
the slope of the graph. This can be helpful in quickly comparing speeds and analyzing motion.

A motion detector is placed on Hazel the Bassett

hound while she moves across a 100-yard football
field. Her progress is shown in the graph below.

(a) On average, what is Hazel’s speed for the entire

trip?

(b) Is there any interval of time during which Hazel

stops moving? How can you tell?

(c) Is Hazel moving faster in the first 8 seconds or in the time between 20 and 28 seconds?
Justify.

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 Topic #3 → Calculating Slope
BIG IDEA:

Question #1: Question #2:

Find the slope of a line passing through the points Find the slope from the table:
(2, − 1) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (0, 5)

Does the table represent a linear relationship?

Justify your answer.

Question #3: Question #4:

Find the slope from the graph: Use the slope formula to calculate the slope
between each pair of coordinate points. Then,
determine which slope is steeper.

A: (0, 4) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (6, 8)

B: (14, 4) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (7, 1)

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Question #5:
The table shows the volume of gasoline in a gas tank at different times.

Find the rate of change for each interval.

What does the difference of the rates of change mean in this

situation?

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 Topic #4 → Slope-Intercept Form of a Linear Equation
BIG IDEA: What is the slope-intercept form of a line?

Question #1: Question #2:

Rewrite the linear equation in slope intercept form. Given the linear equation in standard form, rewrite
𝑦−4 =
2
(𝑥 + 6) the equation in slope-intercept form:
3
2𝑥 + 4𝑦 = 24

Identify the slope and y-intercept:

Identify the slope and y-intercept:
m:________ b:_________
m:________ b:_________

Question #3:
Graph the coordinate points from the table provided. Then, write the equation in slope-intercept form.

Equation:_____________________________

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Question #4:
Write an equation, in slope-intercept form, for a line that passes through the point (− 8, 6) and has a
y-intercept of 1.

Question #5:
Write the equation of the line in slope-intercept form.

What does the point (2, 78) mean in the context of the
graph?

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 Topic #5 → Horizontal and Vertical Lines
Question #1 Question #2
Graph the equation. 𝑦 =− 2𝑥 Graph the equation. 𝑦 =− 4

What is the slope of the line? ______________ What is the slope of the line? ______________

Tell whether the equation represents a horizontal Tell whether the equation represents a horizontal
line, vertical line, or neither. ______________ line, vertical line, or neither. ______________

Question #3 Question #4
Graph the equation. 3𝑦 =− 4 Graph the equation. 𝑥 + 3 = 0

What is the slope of the line? ______________ What is the slope of the line? ______________

Tell whether the equation represents a horizontal Tell whether the equation represents a horizontal
line, vertical line, or neither. ______________ line, vertical line, or neither. ______________

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 Topic #6 → Point-Slope Form of a Linear Equation
What is the point-slope form of a line?

Question #1: Question #2:

Given the table of values, write the equation of the Given the graph, write the equation of the line in
line in point-slope form. point-slope form.

Question #3: Question #4:

Write the equation of the line in point-slope form Graph the given equation on the coordinate plane
that passes through the given points. below: 𝑦 + 4 =− 3(𝑥 − 2)

(9, − 2) and (− 3, 2)

Name another coordinate point on the line.

Justify your answer.

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Question #5:
Create a table of values for the given linear equation:
𝑦 − 5 = 1/2 (𝑥 + 6).

Then, rewrite the equation in slope-intercept form.

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 Topic #7 → Modeling with Linear Equations
Question #1: Question #2:
A tuxedo rental service charges $150 flat fee for a In order to join a movie rental service, there is an
suit plus $50 per additional day. Which equation initial fee of $60, plus a $5 monthly fee. Write an
correctly models the total cost of renting a tuxedo equation in slope-intercept form, to represent the
for x number of days? cost, 𝐶(𝑚), of the movie rental service.
a) Y = 150x + 50
b) Y = 50x
c) Y = 50x - 150
d) Y = 50x + 150

Question #3: Question #4:

Before Cole walks his dog, his activity tracker Nancy is planning a bowling party. The cost for 8
shows he has already walked 3.8 miles. He and his people is $123 and the cost for 12 people is $167.
dog walk 2.6 miles per hour. The cost, y, is a linear function of the number of x
people.

a) Write a linear equation for the number of miles, a) Determine the cost per person for the bowling
y, after x hours of walking. party.

b) Reflect: Which form did you choose? Why? b) Write a linear equation to represent the function.

c) Reflect: Which form of the linear equation did you

c) Find the number of miles on Cole’s activity choose to write? Why?
tracker after ½ hour of walking.

d) Using your equation, determine algebraically how

much it will be to have a party with 26 people.
Justify algebraically.

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Question #5:
Select the situation that models the equation y = -2x + 7

a) A lemonade stand costs $2 to set up and makes $7 each hour.

b) A channel begins with 7 videos and gets 2 more every month.
c) A lift platform for window washing starts on the 7th floor and descends 2 floors every minute.
d) The average temperature in a city starts the year at -2 degrees and increases by 7 degrees per
month.

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 Topic #8 → Standard Form of a Linear Equation
Question #1 Question #2
Find the coordinates of the point where the graph Which of the given three points, if any, satisfy the
crosses the x-axis and the y-axis equation?
5𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 30 2𝑥 − 𝑦 = 1 (− 1, − 3), (0, 1), (2, 3)

Question #3
In order to prepare for the upcoming snow storm,
Emily went to Blockbuster. Movies cost $6 and Wii
games cost $3. She spent $30 renting movies and Wii
games. The equation that represents x movies and
y Wii games is 6x + 3y = 30.

Graph the equation on the grid shown. Be sure to

label each axis.

Find the x-intercept. Explain what the x-intercept

means in the context of the problem.

Suppose Emily rented 3 movies. How many Wii games were rented? Justify your answer.

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Which function has the same y-intercept as the graph below?

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 Topic #9 → Comparing Linear Functions
Question #1:

Question #2:

Question #3: Connor and Pilar are in a rock-climbing club. They are climbing down a canyon wall. Connor
starts from a cliff that is 200 feet above the canyon floor and climbs down at an average speed of 10
feet per minute. Pilar climbs down the canyon wall as shown in the table.

Interpret the rates of change and initial values of the linear functions in terms of the situations that
they model. Compare the results and what they mean.

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 Topic #10 → Graphing Linear Segments Over Restricted Domains
Question #1: Question #2:
Graph the linear function 𝑓(𝑥) =
3
𝑥 + 2 with a Graph 𝑦 =− 2𝑥 + 3 for 0 ≤ 𝑥 < 5
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domain [− 4, 4]

What is the range of f(x)? ______________ What is the range? _____________

Question #3:
Write the equation of the linear graph shown below and identify the restricted domain.

Slope-intercept form: Point-slope form:

____________________ _________________

Domain: __________ Range:____________

Spiral Back:
Which domain is most appropriate for a function that represents the number of items, f(x), placed into a
laundry basket each day, x, for the month of January?

a) Integers b) Whole Numbers

c) Rational Numbers d) Irrational Numbers

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 Topic #11 → Graphing Linear Inequalities
Question #1:

Name a point in the solution set and

justify your answer.

Question #2: Question #3:

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Question #4
Graph the inequality 𝑦 < 3.

Name a point in the solution set and

justify your answer.

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 Topic #12 → Modeling Linear Inequalities
Question #1:
Frankie can spend at most $6.75 on healthy
snacks for a party. Veggie chips cost $1.00 per
package and grapes cost $0.75 per bunch.

Write a linear inequality to describe the situation.

*Remember to define let statements*

Graph the linear inequality.

Find two combinations of veggie chips and grapes that Frankie can buy.

Question #2:
A school plans to have a fundraiser before basketball games selling shirts with their school logo. The
school contacted two companies to find out how much it would cost to have the shirts made. Company A
charges a $50 set-up fee and $5 per shirt. Company B charges a $25 set-up fee and $6 per shirt. Write
an equation for Company A that could be used to determine the total cost, A, when x shirts are ordered.
Write a second equation for Company B that could be used to determine the total cost, B, when x shirts
are ordered. Determine algebraically and state the minimum number of shirts that must be ordered for
it to be cheaper to use Company A.

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Question #3
The fare for a taxi cab is $2.25 per passenger and $0.75 for each mile. A group of friends has $16.00 for
cab fare.

Part A: Write a linear inequality to present how many miles, y, the group can travel if there are x people in
the group.

Part B: If there are 3 people in the group, how far can they travel by taxi? Explain.

Part C: If the group wants to travel 10 miles, what is the greatest number of passengers that can travel
by taxi? Explain.

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Find four consecutive even integers such that 2 times the sum of the first and second is 14 more than 3
times the fourth.

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