Lesson Objective: NCSCOS 4.01 Use linear functions to model and solve problems; justify results. Students will know how to write an equation from a problem. Students will know how to solve equations for a variable.
Tamara charges $25 per hour to clean windows. She also receives $5 for transportation to the job. One Saturday, Tamara earned $130. The first step to solving a problem like this is to find the question. What is the question asking for? If we don’t know something what do we call it? How many hours did Tamara work?
Tamara charges to clean windows. She also receives $5 for transportation to the job. One Saturday, Tamara earned $130. How many hours did Tamara work? We know that hours = What goes with hours in the problem? $25 $25 per hour
Start with the equation of a line: We know that $25 goes with the x, so plug it in for m. We now have to replace the “b” to get our equation
Tamara charges $25 per hour to clean windows. She also receives for transportation to the job. One Saturday, Tamara earned $130. How many hours did Tamara work? “b” is the y-intercept or the constant so it doesn’t change How much does Tamara make no matter how long she works? $5
Replace the “b” with $5: always represents a total. If there is a total in the problem, we will replace the y with the total
Tamara charges $25 per hour to clean windows. She also receives $5 for transportation to the job. One Saturday, How many hours did Tamara work? Is there a total? Therefore, y = $130 Tamara earned $130.
Replace y with $130 Solve for x: subtract 5 from both sides Divide both sides by 25
An MP3 player costs $195 including tax. You already have $37 and can save $9 per week. After how many weeks can you buy the player?
An MP3 player costs $195 including tax. You already have $37 and can save per week. After how many can you buy the player? Write the equation of a line What is the question asking for? x = # of weeks What goes with the # of weeks? weeks $9
An MP3 player costs $195 including tax. You already have $37 and can save $9 per week. After how many can you buy the player? Replace m with $9 $37 doesn’t change since you already have that in the bank. Replace b with $37 $195 is the total, so replace y with $195 weeks
Subtract 37 from both sides Divide both sides by 9 If the number of weeks isn’t an even number, round up
An MP3 player costs $195 including tax. You already have $37 and can save $9 per week. After how many weeks can you buy the player? In 18 weeks you will have enough for the Mp3 player
A telephone calling card allows 25¢ per minute plus a one-time service charge of 75¢. How many minutes can Rob talk if he paid $5 for the card?
The Brown’s computer repair bill was $225. This included $75 for parts and $50 for each hour of labor. How many hours did the computer repairman work? A local airport charges $12 for the first day of parking and $9 for each additional day. Gus paid $120 for parking. How many days was Gus’s car parked at the airport?