Name ______Period ______Date ______
Skate Park Comparison
You and your friends want to go to a skate park on Saturday. There are two parks in your neighborhood, Sam’s SkatePark, and Brad’s SkatePark. The parks both charge for skating at their park. Each parks price is described below.
Sam’s SkatePark: $3 to get into the park and $1 for every hour.
Brad’s SkatePark: $5 to get into the park and $0.50 for every hour.
Create a table of values that represents the total price at each skate park. Then plot the points from both tables on the graph provided. Write the equation that represents the price for skating at each park.
Sam’s SkateParkequation: ______
x(hours) / 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
y
(total price)
Brad’s SkateParkequation: ______
Answer the following questions.
1. Where do the two lines intersect?
2. What does this intersection mean?
3. Which park do you think you and your friend will go skating at?
Explain why you chose this park?
Car Rental Comparison
Your family is planning a summer vacation to San Diego this summer. You are in charge of choosing the best car rental company to rent a car from. You are comparing the Rent-a-Wreckand Hurts. The price plans for each company is described below.
Rent-a-Wreck: Charges a flat rate (meaning there is no charge for mileage) of $40 a day.
Hurts: Charges $25 a day and $0.50 per mile.
Create a table of values that represents the total price for renting a car for one day from each of these companies. Then plot the points from both tables on the graph provided. Write the equation that represents the price of renting a car for one day for each company.
Rent-a-Wreckequation: ______
x(number of miles) / 0 / 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60
y
(total price)
Hurtsequation: ______
x(number of miles) / 0 / 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60
y
(total price)
Answer the following questions.
1. Where do the two lines intersect?
2. What does this intersection mean?
3. Which company do you think you will go with?
Explain why you chose this company?