Chapter 8 Solving Systems of Linear Equations Assessment

Q.1 Marta bought new fish for her home aquarium. She bought 3 guppies and
2 platies for a total of $13.95. Hank also bought guppies and platies for his
aquarium. He bought 3 guppies and 4 platies for a total of $18.33. Find the
price of a guppy and the price of a platy.
Q.2 Two cars got an oil change at the same auto shop. The shop charges
customers for each quart of oil plus a flat fee for labor. The oil change for one
car required 5 quarts of oil and cost $22.45. The oil change for the other car
required 7 quarts of oil and cost $25.45. How much is the labor fee and how
much is each quart of oil?
Q.3 At Raging River Sports, polyester-fill sleeping bags sell for $79. Down-fill
sleeping bags sell for $149. In one week the store sold 14 sleeping bags for
$1,456.
a. Let x represent the number of polyester-fill bags sold and let y represent
the number of down-fill bags sold. Write a system of equations you can
solve to find the number of each type sold.

b. How many of each type of bag were sold?

Q.4 Use the graph to solve each system of linear equations
A. 4x−2y=−6
2x−y=4
B. 4x−2y=−6
x+y=6
C. 2x−y=4
6x−3y=−12
Q.5 Solve each system by graphing. Check your answer algebraically.
15x+5y=5
3x+y=1