A deep sea diver has spent a week in a submerged research facility at 2000 feet below sea
level. He is now ready to move to a deeper facility at 3500 feet below sea level. He
descends at the rate of 50 feet per minute. Write an equation that shows this relationship,
and determine when the diver will reach 3500 feet below sea level.
Solve the following questions algebraically: 2p+ 3q= 5
2p+ 6q = 10
For the parabola y= f(x) = 4 –x– 3x2, find: (a) the vertex, (b) the y–intercept, and (c) the
x–intercepts.
Determine whether the following lines are parallel, perpendicular or neither.
3x– 2y= 19
2x+ 3y= 4
A delicatessen owner starts her business with debts of $100,000. After operating for 5 years
she has average profits of $40,000 per year. Use a graphing calculator to graph the resulting
equation and determine when the business will have accumulated $300,000 in profit.
In 1986 the stock in a biotechnology company traded for $30 per share. In 1996 the
company started having trouble, and the stock price dropped to $10 per share. Use a
graphing calculator to show the relationship between price per share and the year in which
it traded. Find and interpret the slope.
Suppose the supply and demand equations for a manufacturer’s product are p=3
100q+ 6
and p= – 1
50 q+ 14, respectively, where q represents number of units and p represents price
per unit in dollars. Determine (a) the equilibrium quantity; (b) the equilibrium price. If a
tax of $1.00 per unit is imposed on the manufacturer, (c) determine the new equilibrium
quantity; (d) the new equilibrium price.