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SAT Graphing Linear Functions Practice Questions (Free + Explanations) | Quiz 6

Question 12345 of 5

Question 1 of 5

The graph of a line passes through the points and . Which equation represents this line?

Explanation

First find the slope using the two points:

So the line has slope . Use one of the points to find the -intercept in the form . Substituting gives

so

and therefore

The equation of the line is

Concept summary

To write the equation of a line from two points, first find the slope, then substitute one point into to find the intercept.

Question 2 of 5

Line passes through the point and intersects line at the point . If line has equation , what is the equation of line ?

Explanation

Because line intersects line at , the point is on line . The stem also says line passes through . So the slope of line is

Using slope-intercept form with slope and point ,

so

and

Therefore, the equation of line is

Concept summary

To find a line from graph-related constraints, identify two points on the line, compute the slope, and then use one point to write the equation.

Question 3 of 5

The table shows values of a linear function .

Given that the graph of is parallel to the graph of and passes through the point , what is the value of ?

Explanation

Because is linear, its slope can be found from the table. From to , the change in is and the change in is , so the slope is . Since is parallel to , also has slope . Using the point on , write . Then , so and . Therefore, .

Concept summary

For linear functions shown in a table, first find the slope from the rate of change. Parallel lines have equal slopes, so use that slope with a given point to determine the new line's intercept.

Question 4 of 5

On a coordinate plane, one side of a rectangular garden lies along the line . The opposite side lies along the parallel line . If the width of the garden is the perpendicular distance between these two sides, what is the width?

Explanation

For two parallel lines, the perpendicular distance between them can be found by writing both in standard form. The lines are

Rewrite them as

For parallel lines and , the distance between them is

So the width is

Rationalizing the denominator gives

So the width of the garden is .

Concept summary

The perpendicular distance between parallel lines depends on both how far apart their constants are and the slope-related coefficients in standard form.

Question 5 of 5

A community center charges a membership fee plus a constant cost for each fitness class attended. The total amount paid is modeled by a linear function of the number of classes. A person who attends classes pays , and a person who attends classes pays . According to this model, what is the membership fee?

Explanation

Let the total cost be , where is the cost per class and is the membership fee. Using the points and , the slope is

So each class costs . Substitute into the equation using :

Therefore,

The membership fee is \18

Concept summary

For a linear model in context, the slope is the rate of change and the -intercept is the initial amount when the input is .

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