Gretchen earns extra money mowing lawns on the weekend. She mows 3 lawns per hour and earns $12.00 per lawn. How much does Gretc
1 answer:
Gretchen will earn $48 from mowing in 4 hours
Data
- Amount earned on each lawn = $12
- Number of hours mowing = 4 hours
This is the measure of one unit against another unit. An example of this is speed which is the rate of distance covered to time.
In this case, she mows 1 lawn in each hour and earns $12 on each.
To calculate for 4 hours
She earns $48 from mowing 4 lawns
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2 Answers:
- B) The lines are parallel
- C) The lines have the same slope.
Parallel lines always have equal slope, but different y intercepts.
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Explanation:
Let's solve the second equation for y
3y - x = -7
3y = -7+x
3y = x-7
y = (x-7)/3
y = x/3 - 7/3
y = (1/3)x - 7/3
The equation is in y = mx+b form with m = 1/3 as the slope and b = -7/3 as the y intercept. We see that the first equation, where y was already isolated, also has a slope of m = 1/3. The two equations of this system have the same slope. Choice C is one of the answers.
However, they don't have the same y intercept. The first equation has y intercept b = -4, while the second has b = -7/3. This means that they do not represent the same line. They need to have identical slopes, and identical y intercepts (though the slope can be different from the y intercept of course) in order to have identical lines. So we can rule out choice D and E because of this.
Because the two equations have the same slope, but different y intercepts, this means the lines are parallel. Choice B is the other answer.
Parallel lines never touch or intersect, which in turn means there is no solution point. A solution point is where the lines cross. We can rule out choice A.
I recommend using your graphing calculator, Desmos, GeoGebra, or any graphing tool (on your computer or online) to graph each equation given. You should see two parallel lines forming. I used GeoGebra to make the graph shown below.
