Question

Scenario 1: Cameron works at a local grocery store after school. He is paid $8 for each hour he works.

Scenario 2: At a local bakery, one box of donuts costs $5. Two boxes of donuts cost $10.

Consider the two scenarios given above. Can you write an equation to represent each situation? What would the graphs of these equations look like? Can you think of a situation that would result in a similar equation?

Answer 1

1: Linear

2: Linear

Explanation:

Scenario 1:

Equation: y=8x (where x represents # of hours worked)

The graph would be linear.

Scenario2:

Equation: y=5x (where x is the # of boxes of donuts purchased)

The graph would be linear. ( I assumed that each box is $5 since 5/1=10/2 )

A similar situation could be: In an art shop, crayons are sold. It costs $7 for 1 box of crayons.

- The graph would be linear, and it would be constant as long as the price for each box of crayons is not changed. Equation is: y=7x

I'm not sure if this is exactly what the last question asked, pretty sure this would be an okay example.