IXL | Complete a table for a linear relationship: word problems

Read the following description of a relationship:

Arianna's swimming pool already had 8 liters of water in it when she started filling it at a rate of 9 liters per minute.

Let

represent the number of minutes she filled the pool and

represent the total liters of water in the pool.

Complete the table using the relationship between

and

m	w
1	17
2	26
3	35
4

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Read the following description of a relationship:

A video game awards 3 points for defeating a monster and 8 additional points for getting to the end of a stage.

Let

represent the number of monsters a player defeated in a stage and

represent the total number of points the player earned after finishing the stage.

Complete the table using the relationship between

and

m	p
1	11
2	14
3
4	20

solution

Read the description of the relationship between the number of monsters a player defeated in a stage,

and the total number of points the player earned after finishing the stage,

The video game awards 3 points for defeating a monster and 8 additional points for getting to the end of a stage.

In this relationship,

is the input, and

is the output. So, you can find

by multiplying

by 3 and then adding 8 to the result.

Express this relationship as an equation.

Plug the value

from the table into the equation to find the missing value of

(

)

Complete the table.

m	p
1	11
2	14
3	17
4	20

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