Section 1.

1 Slopes and Equations of Lines

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Find the slope of the line through (1,5) and (4,6).

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Your Turn 2
Find the equation of the line with x-intercept 4 and
y-intercept 6.

Find the slope of the line whose equation is 8x 3 y 5.

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Your Turn 4

Find the equation of the line through (2,9) and (5,3).

Put your answer in slope-intercept form.

y 2 x 13

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Find the slopes of the above lines.

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Your Turn 5
Find the equation of the line that passes through the point (4,5)
and is parallel to the line 3 x 6 y 7.

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y x3
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Find the equation of the line that passes through the point (3, 2)
and is perpendicular to the line 2x 3 y 4.

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Graphing a line.

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Section 1.2 Linear Functions and Applications

Let g ( x) 4 x 5.

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Find g (5).

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Your Turn 2(a)

Suppose that Greg Tobin, manager of a giant supermarket
chain, has studied the supply and demand for watermelons. He
has noticed that the demand increases as the price decreases.
He has determined that the quantity (in thousands) demanded
weekly, q, and the price (in dollars) per watermelon, p, are
related by the linear function

p D(q) 9 0.75q.

Demand function

(a) Find the quantity of watermelons demanded at a price of

$3.30 per watermelon. Solution 7600
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Your Turn 2(b)

Greg also noticed that the quantity of watermelons supplied
decreased as the price decreased. Price p and supply q are
related by the linear function

p S (q) 0.75q.

Supply function

(b) Find the quantity of watermelons supplied at a price of

$3.30 per watermelon.
Solution 4400

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Your Turn 3
Find the equilibrium quantity and price for the watermelons
using the demand equation D(q) 10 0.85q
and the supply equation
S (q) 0.4q.

Solution: The equilibrium quantity is found when the prices

from both supply and demand are equal.
The equilibrium quantity is 8000 watermelons.
The equilibrium price can be found by plugging the value of q = 8
into either the demand or the supply function. $3.20
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Your Turn 4
The marginal cost to make x batches of a prescription medication
is $15 per batch, while the cost to produce 80 batches is $1930.
Find the cost function C(x), given that it is linear.
C(x)=15x+730

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Your Turn 5
A firm producing poultry feed finds that the total cost C(x) in
dollars of producing x units is given by C ( x) 35x 250.

Management plans to charge $58 per unit for the feed.

How many units must be sold to produce a profit of $8030?
Solution: Since R(x) = p x and p = 58, R(x) = 58x.
Use the formula for profit P(x) = R(x) C(x).
Solution 360 units

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