8.6.A.3 - Representations of a Line – Exit Ticket

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Please use the following information to answer the questions below: A car starts a journey with 18 gallons of fuel. Assuming a constant rate, the car will consume 0.04 gallons for every mile driven. Let A represent the amount of gas in the tank (in
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How much gas is in the tank if 0 miles have been driven? How would this be represented on the axes above?
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What is the rate of change that relates the amount of gas in the tank to the number of miles driven? Explain what it means within the context of the problem.
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On the axes above, draw the line, or the graph, of the linear function that relates A to m.
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Write the linear function that models the relationship between the number of miles driven and the amount of gas in the tank.
From EngageNY.org of the New York State Education Department. Grade 8 Mathematics Module 6, Topic A, Lesson 3. Internet. Available from https://www.engageny.org/resource/grade-8-mathemat...; accessed 14/Apr/2016.