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SAT Graphing Linear Functions Practice Questions (Free + Explanations) | Quiz 9

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Question 1 of 5

A city installs a straight bike path along a road. On a map, the path is represented by a line. A sign at mile marker is located at the point , and a sign at mile marker is located at the point . City planners want to place a repair station at the point where the bike path crosses the -axis. Which equation can be used to find the -coordinate of the repair station?

Explanation

First find the slope of the line through and :

Using point-slope form with the point gives

so

Because the repair station is where the path crosses the -axis, its -coordinate is . Substitute :

which is equivalent to

Since , the equation is

Concept summary

To find where a linear graph crosses the -axis, write an equation of the line from two points and then set .

Question 2 of 5

The graph of the line is shown in the -plane. Which coordinate pair is on the line?

Explanation

A point is on the line if its coordinates satisfy the equation . For , substituting gives , which matches the -value. So is on the line.

Concept summary

A coordinate pair is on a line when its - and -values make the line's equation true.

Question 3 of 5

The graph of the line is translated up units and left units. Which equation is equivalent to the equation of the translated line?

Explanation

A translation left units means replace with in the original equation:

Then translate up units by adding to the output:

So the translated line has equation .

Concept summary

For a translated linear function, horizontal shifts change the input and vertical shifts change the output. Left units means replace with , and up units means add to the expression.

Question 4 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 5 of 5

On a coordinate plane, a line crosses the -axis at and also passes through the point . Which equation represents this line?

Explanation

The line passes through , so its -intercept is . That means the equation must have the form . Next, use the two given points to find the slope:

So the equation is

Concept summary

To write an equation from graph information, identify the -intercept and compute the slope from two points, then use slope-intercept form .

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