Question

What is the initial value of the equation shown?

y = −4x − 3


answer choices
−4
−3
3
4

Answer 1

HI!!

Answer 2

hi

Answer 3

replace \(x\) by \(0\) see what you get !

Answer 4

-3?

Answer 5

yes

Answer 6

so that is the answer?

Answer 7

Aida is attending a trekking camp. She walks from her tent to a hilltop in 2 hours. She has a picnic with her friends on the hilltop for 6 hours. Aida walks back to her tent in 1 hour. Which graph best represents the distance, y, in miles, traveled by Aida for a certain amount of time, x, in hours?

A graph shows Time in hours on the x-axis and Aida’s Distance from Tent in miles on y-axis. The graph shows three straight lines. The first straight line joins ordered pairs 0, 0 and 2, 4. The second straight line joins ordered pairs 2, 4 and 8, 4. The third straight line joins ordered pairs 8, 4 and 9, 0.
A graph shows Time in hours on the x-axis and Aida’s Distance from Tent in miles on y-axis. The graph shows three straight lines. The first straight line joins ordered pairs 0, 0 and 1, 4. The second straight line joins ordered pairs 1, 4 and 8, 4. The third straight line joins ordered pairs 8, 4 and 9, 0.
A graph shows Time in hours on the x-axis and Aida’s Distance from Tent in miles on y-axis. The graph shows three straight lines. The first straight line joins ordered pairs 0, 0 and 2, 4. The second straight line joins ordered pairs 2, 4 and 7, 4. The third straight line joins ordered pairs 7, 4 and 9, 0.
A graph shows Time in hours on the x-axis and Aida’s Distance from Tent in miles on y-axis. The graph shows three straight lines. The first straight line joins ordered pairs 0, 0 and 1, 4. The second straight line joins ordered pairs 1, 4 and 7, 4. The third straight line joins ordered pairs 7, 4 and 9, 0.

Answer 8

Why not begin with the word problem presented to you and do your own graph, and then compare your graph to those described in the four answr choices?