Algebra
A01-05
1. Sarah’s and Tanya’s third period classes are 40 feet apart. As soon as class is over, Sarah and Tanya walk
towards each other. Sarah walks at apace of 3 feet per second, and Tanya walks at a pace of 2 feet per second.
Graph both people’s distance from Sarah’s class. After how many seconds will they reach each other?
A) 20 s
B) 40s
C) 13.3s
D) 8s
2. Based on the graph from question 1, how far will they be from Sarah’s class?
A) 16 ft
B) 24 ft
C) 120 ft
D) 18 ft
3. If the graph for question 1 was made to represent their distance from Tanya’s class instead, how would that
affect the time when they reached each other?
A)
It would have taken less time
B)
It would have taken more time
C)
It would have taken the same time
D)
It would have taken close to the same time
4. If the graph from question 1 was made to represent their distance from Tanya’s class instead, how far will
they be from Tanya’s class when they reach each other?
A) 16 ft
B) 24 ft
C) 120 ft
D) 18 ft
5. Which of the following situations could be represented by the graph below?
Distance
40
30
20
10
0
0
5
10
Time
A)
B)
C)
D)
One dog chasing another in the park
Two race cars racing each other, but one started 5s late
Max starts a race 0.5s after Anthony and passes Anthony
Juan started a race 0.5m behind Jamal, but beat Jamal
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