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MATH 140 Chapter 3 Practice Sheet 3 PDF

This document contains 17 practice problems involving linear equations and their graphs. The problems cover sketching and identifying graphs from equations, finding slopes, determining if lines are parallel or perpendicular, writing equations of lines given points or slopes, modeling real world scenarios with linear equations, and interpreting slopes and y-intercepts in applied contexts.

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MATH 140 Chapter 3 Practice Sheet 3 PDF

This document contains 17 practice problems involving linear equations and their graphs. The problems cover sketching and identifying graphs from equations, finding slopes, determining if lines are parallel or perpendicular, writing equations of lines given points or slopes, modeling real world scenarios with linear equations, and interpreting slopes and y-intercepts in applied contexts.

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Practice Sheet 3

1. Sketch the graph of the following equation.


a. 4x + y = –4. b. y = –3 c. x = 5 d. 3x + 5y = 15

2. Graph the line using the y-intercept and slope.

a. y-intercept : (0, 3) and slope = 4

b. y-intercept: (0, -5) and slope = -5

c. y-intercept : (0, 6) and Slope = 0

3. Find the slope of the line that passes through the points (0, 7) and (2, 1).

4. Are the two lines parallel, perpendicular, or neither?


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a. y = –4x + 2; y = x – 30
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b. x + 7y = 7 and 2x + 14 y = 21

c. 2x + y = 3 and x – 2 y = 9

d. 3x = 7 and 2y = 7

e. 3x + 4y = 4 and 2x – 6y = 5

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5. If the slope of a line is , what would be the slope of a line parallel to it?
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6. If the slope of a line is , what would be the slope of a line perpendicular to it?
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7. Line A passes through the points (4,3) and (–2,21). Line B passes through the points
(1,–5) and (7,–3). Are the two lines parallel, perpendicular, or neither?

8. Are the two lines parallel, perpendicular, or neither? y = –11x + 38; y = 11x – 2
1  9
9. Write an equation of the line with slope  and y-intercept  0,  .
5  8

10. A tool rental store charges a flat fee of $8.00 to rent a drill press, and $3.00 for each day,
including the first. Use a linear equation to find the cost of renting the tool for one week.

11. Find the equation of the line passing through the point (2, -4) and is parallel to the line
x + 2y = 11.

12. Find the equation of the line passing through the point (5, -6) and is perpendicular to the
line 3x + 4y = 7.
13. The average life span ‘y’ of an American man is given by the equation y = 0.15t + 74,
where t is the number of years after 2000.
a. What is the slope of this line?
b. Is the life span of American men increasing or decreasing?
c. What does the slope represent?

14. Appliance technician’s charges Microsoft Home Advisor suggests that the cost C for fixing
a faulty appliance is about $75 for the service call plus the technician’s hourly rate.
Assume that this rate is $40 per hour.
a. Find an equation for the total cost C of a call lasting ‘h’ hours.
b. If your bill amounts to $195, for how many hours were you charged?

15. Average hospital stay since 1970, the number ‘y’ of days the average person stays in the
hospital has steadily decreased from 8 days at the rate of 0.1 day per year. If ‘x’ represents
the number of years after 1970, write a slope-intercept equation representing the average
number y of days a person stays in the hospital. What would the average stay in the year
2000 be? In 2010?

16. The number N of stores in a city t years after 2000 can be approximated by
N = 0.8t + 15 (hundred)
a. What is the slope of this line?
b. What does the slope represent?
c. How many stores were added each year?

17. The bills for two long-distance calls are $10 for 5 minutes and $13 for 10 minutes. Find
an equation for the total cost C of calls when ‘m’ minutes are used.

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