One-point and Two-point Modeling Problems 1. Amy likes to eat cookies. She eats 3 cookies per day.

5 days after opening a box of cookies, there are 24 cookies left in the box.

a. Write the equation expressing the number of cookies left as a function of the number she eats. b. How many cookies will be in the box 10 days after it was opened? c. How many cookies were in the box at the time it was opened?

2. Between 1990 and 1999, the number of movie screens in the U.S. Increased by about 1500 each year. In 1996, there were 29,690 movie screens. Write an equation to find the total number of screens y for any year x.

a. Predict the number of movie screens in the U.S. In 2005.

3. Suppose you own a care that is 40months old. From an automobile dealer's Blue Book you find that its trade-in value is $3200. From an old Blue Book you find that its trade-in value 10 months ago was $4700.

a. Write a function expressing trade-in value as a function of the cars age in months. b. You plan to get rid of the car when its trade-in value drops to $1000. How much longer should you keep the car? c. What does the slope of your function represent in the real world?

4. A construction company charges $15 per hour for debris removal, plus a one-time fee for the use of a trash dumpster. The total fee for 9 hours of service is $195. Write an equation of a line to find the total fee y for any number of hours x.

a. What is the one-time fee for the use of the trash dumpster? b. What would be the total fee for 12 hours of service?

5. As you drive home from the football game, the number of kilometers you are away from home depends on the number of minutes you have been driving. Assume that the distance varies linearly with time. Suppose you are 11 km from home when you have been driving for 10 minutes, and 8 km from home when you have been driving for 15 minutes.

a. Write the equation expressing the number of kilometers you are from home in terms of the number of minutes since you left the game. b. Predict your distance from home after driving for 30 minutes. c. When you are 7 km from home, how many minutes have you been traveling?

6. Based on information in Deep River Jim's Wilderness Trailbook, the rate at which crickets chirp is a linear function of temperature. At 59F they make 76 chirps per minute, and at 65F they make 100 chirps per minute.

a. Write the equation expressing chirping rate in terms of temperature. b. Predict the chirping rate for 90F. c. How warm is it if you can count 120 chirps per minute.

7. Handy Andy sells 23oz. Cans of green beans for .63 and 15oz. Cans for .45. a. Write a function to express the price in terms of the number of ounces in a can. b. At the store a 52oz can sells for $1.39. According to your model is it over-priced or underpriced?