Write a proportion to find how many points x a student needs to score on a test worth 50 points to get a test score of 40%.
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Answer:
y = (2/3)x + 4 2/3
Step-by-step explanation:
For reference, a linear function has an equation of y = mx + b
The first thing we're going to do is use the slope formula, or rise over run. In this case that looks like:
(-2-4) - (8 - -1)
-2 -4 comes out to - 6, and the denominator comes out to 9.
6/9 is equal to 2/3, which is our m or slope value.
Next we want to find the b value, or our y-intercept. To do that we'll plug one of the points into the equation with our new-found slope:
4 = (2/3)-1 +b
4 = -2/3 + b
4 2/3 = b
That means our complete equation is:
y = (2/3)x + 4 2/3
OR
y = (2/3)x + 14/3 (equivalent but an improper fraction rather than a mixed fraction).
Y = total amount of money spent
x = cost of one drink
So our expression is:
4x + 12.75
4x stands for 4 drinks times x price of one drink
The 12.75 is a one time fee for the pizza, since Kiyo isn't buying multiple pizzas.
The problem also asks us to find the total price, so we write an equation:
We insert what x is which in this case is $3
Order of Operations tells us to multiply first:
Now add your values:
Therefore, Kiyo spent a total amount of 24.75 at Paola's pizza.
Let's check our problem just in case:
Since we now know what y is equal to, we can plug that into our original equation and check just to verify
We should subtract 12. on both sides of the equation because of inverse operations:
We are left with:
We divide:
Our result is:
Which checks out because each drink was in fact, $3 dollars as stated in the word problem. Hope that was thorough enough.
x = cost of one drink
So our expression is:
4x + 12.75
4x stands for 4 drinks times x price of one drink
The 12.75 is a one time fee for the pizza, since Kiyo isn't buying multiple pizzas.
The problem also asks us to find the total price, so we write an equation:
We insert what x is which in this case is $3
Order of Operations tells us to multiply first:
Now add your values:
Therefore, Kiyo spent a total amount of 24.75 at Paola's pizza.
Let's check our problem just in case:
Since we now know what y is equal to, we can plug that into our original equation and check just to verify
We should subtract 12. on both sides of the equation because of inverse operations:
We are left with:
We divide:
Our result is:
Which checks out because each drink was in fact, $3 dollars as stated in the word problem. Hope that was thorough enough.