The function gives the temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit, that corresponds to a temperature of kelvins. If a temperature increased by kelvins, by how much did the temperature increase, in degrees Fahrenheit?
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The equation gives the speed , in miles per hour, of a certain car seconds after it began to accelerate. What is the speed, in miles per hour, of the car seconds after it began to accelerate?
In the equation above, T represents Brittany’s total take-home pay, in dollars, for her first week of work, where h represents the number of hours she worked that week and 1,000 represents a sign-on bonus. If Brittany’s total take-home pay was $1,576, for how many hours was Brittany paid for her first week of work?
The function is defined as
, where a is a constant. If
, what is the value of a ?
For the linear function , is a constant and . What is the value of ?
The table above gives the typical amounts of energy per gram, expressed in both food calories and kilojoules, of the three macronutrients in food. If x food calories is equivalent to k kilojoules, of the following, which best represents the relationship between x and k ?
The table gives the number of hours, , of labor and a plumber’s total charge , in dollars, for two different jobs.
There is a linear relationship between and . Which equation represents this relationship?
The function is defined by , and , where is a constant. What is the value of ?
The function is defined by the equation . What is the value of when ?
If and , what is the value of ?
On January 1, 2015, a city’s minimum hourly wage was $9.25. It will increase by $0.50 on the first day of the year for the next 5 years. Which of the following functions best models the minimum hourly wage, in dollars, x years after January 1, 2015, where ?
The length, , of a white whale was when it was born and increased an average of per month for the first months after it was born. Which equation best represents this situation, where is the number of months after the whale was born and is the length, in , of the whale?
The table above shows some values of x and their corresponding values for the linear function f. What is the x-intercept of the graph of
in the xy-plane?
The function is defined by . What is the y-intercept of the graph of in the xy-plane?
The given function models the number of gallons of gasoline that remains from a full gas tank in a car after driving miles. According to the model, about how many gallons of gasoline are used to drive each mile?
The equation above represents the speed y, in feet per second, of Sheila’s bicycle x seconds after she applied the brakes at the end of a ride. If the equation is graphed in the xy-plane, which of the following is the best interpretation of the x-coordinate of the line’s x-intercept in the context of the problem?
In the linear function , and . Which equation defines ?
Hana deposited a fixed amount into her bank account each month. The function gives the amount, in dollars, in Hana's bank account after monthly deposits. What is the best interpretation of in this context?
The function is defined by . For what value of does ?
The function is defined by . What is the value of ?
The table above gives the typical amounts of energy per gram, expressed in both food calories and kilojoules, of the three macronutrients in food. If the 180 food calories in a granola bar come entirely from p grams of protein, f grams of fat, and c grams of carbohydrate, which of the following expresses f in terms of p and c ?
An object hangs from a spring. The formula relates the length
, in centimeters, of the spring to the weight w, in newtons, of the object. Which of the following describes the meaning of the 2 in this context?
For the function f, if for all values of x, what is the value of
?
Scientists collected fallen acorns that each housed a colony of the ant species P. ohioensis and analyzed each colony's structure. For any of these colonies, if the colony has worker ants, the equation , where , gives the predicted number of larvae, , in the colony. If one of these colonies has worker ants, which of the following is closest to the predicted number of larvae in the colony?
The graph of the function f is a line in the xy-plane. If the line has slope and
, which of the following defines f?