Question

The graph shows two lines, A and B.

A graph is shown with x- and y-axes labeled from 0 to 6 at increments of 1. A straight line labeled A joins the ordered pair 2, 6 with the ordered pair 5, 0. Another straight line labeled B joins the ordered pair 0, 2 with the ordered pair 6, 6.
Part A: How many solutions does the pair of equations for lines A and B have? Explain your answer. (5 points)

Part B: What is the solution to the equations of lines A and B? Explain your answer. (5 points)

Answer 1

A pair of equations is shown below:

y = 2x − 1
y = 4x − 5

Part A: In your own words, explain how you can solve the pair of equations graphically. Write the slope and y-intercept for each equation that you will plot on the graph to solve the equations. How can you solve it by substitution or elimination? If you decide to solve by elimination, by which number would you multiply the first equation to eliminate x? (6 points)

Part B: What is the solution to the pair of equations? (4 points)

Answer 2

Josh and his friends bought vanilla wafers for $4 per packet and chocolate wafers for $1 per packet at a carnival. They spent a total of $45 to buy a total of 27 packets of wafers of the two varieties.

Part A: Write a system of equations that can be solved to find the number of packets of vanilla wafers and the number of packets of chocolate wafers that Josh and his friends bought at the carnival. Define the variables used in the equations. (5 points)

Part B: How many packets of chocolate wafers and vanilla wafers did they buy? Explain how you got the answer and why you selected a particular method to get the answer. (5 points)