Lesson 10On or Off the Line?

Let’s interpret the meaning of points in a coordinate plane.

Learning Targets:

I can identify ordered pairs that are solutions to an equation.
I can interpret ordered pairs that are solutions to an equation.

10.1 Which One Doesn’t Belong: Lines in the Plane

Which one doesn’t belong? Explain your reasoning.

Graphs A, B, C, and D show different functions and intersecting points.

10.2 Pocket Full of Change

Jada told Noah that she has $2 worth of quarters and dimes in her pocket and 17 coins all together. She asked him to guess how many of each type of coin she has.

Here is a table that shows some combinations of quarters and dimes that are worth $2. Complete the table.

number of quarters	number of dimes
0	20
4
	0
	5

Here is a graph of the relationship between the number of quarters and the number of dimes when there are a total of 17 coins.
1. What does Point represent?
2. How much money, in dollars, is the combination represented by Point worth?
Is it possible for Jada to have 4 quarters and 13 dimes in her pocket? Explain how you know.
How many quarters and dimes must Jada have? Explain your reasoning.

10.3 Making Signs

Clare and Andre are making signs for all the lockers as part of the decorations for the upcoming spirit week. Yesterday, Andre made 15 signs and Clare made 5 signs. Today, they need to make more signs. Each person's progress today is shown in the coordinate plane.

Based on the lines, mark the statements as true or false for each person.

point	what it says	Clare	Andre
	At 40 minutes, I have 25 signs completed.
	At 75 minutes, I have 42 and a half signs completed.
	At 0 minutes, I have 15 signs completed.
	At 100 minutes, I have 60 signs completed.

Are you ready for more?

4 toothpicks make 1 square
7 toothpicks make 2 squares
10 toothpicks make 3 squares

4 toothpicks make 1 square, 7 toothpicks make 2 squares, 10 toothpicks make 3 squares

Do you see a pattern? If so, how many toothpicks would you need to make 10 squares according to your pattern? Can you represent your pattern with an expression?

Lesson 10 Summary

We studied linear relationships in an earlier unit. We learned that values of and that make an equation true correspond to points on the graph. For example, if we have pounds of flour that costs $0.80 per pound and pounds of sugar that costs $0.50 per pound, and the total cost is $9.00, then we can write an equation like this to represent the relationship between and

Since 5 pounds of flour costs $4.00 and 10 pounds of sugar costs $5.00, we know that , is a solution to the equation, and the point is a point on the graph. The line shown is the graph of the equation:

A functions comparing flour in pounds and sugar in pounds. There are points at (1,14), (5,10), and (9,16).

Notice that there are two points shown that are not on the line. What do they mean in the context? The point means that there is 1 pound of flour and 14 pounds of sugar. The total cost for this is or $7.80. Since the cost is not $9.00, this point is not on the graph. Likewise, 9 pounds of flour and 16 pounds of sugar costs or $15.20, so the other point is not on the graph either.

Suppose we also know that the flour and sugar together weigh 15 pounds. That means that

If we draw the graph of this equation on the same coordinate plane, we see it passes through two of the three labeled points:

Two functions comparing flour in pounds and sugar in pounds. The two function intersect at (5,10). There are also points at (1,14) and (9,16)

The point is on the graph of because . Similarly, . But , so is not on the graph of . In general, if we have two lines in the coordinate plane,

The coordinates of a point that is on both lines makes both equations true.
The coordinates of a point on only one line makes only one equation true.
The coordinates of a point on neither line make both equations false.

Lesson 10 Practice Problems

1. Match the lines and to the statements they represent:
  1. A set of points where the coordinates of each point have a sum of 2
  2. A set of points where the -coordinate of each point is 10 less than its -coordinate
2. Match the labeled points on the graph to statements about their coordinates:
  1. Two numbers with a sum of 2
  2. Two numbers where the -coordinate is 10 less than the -coordinate
  3. Two numbers with a sum of 2 and where the -coordinate is 10 less than the -coordinate
Here is an equation: . What could you write in the blank so the equation would be true for:
1. No values of
2. All values of
3. One value of
Mai earns $7 per hour mowing her neighbors' lawns. She also earned $14 for hauling away bags of recyclables for some neighbors.

Priya babysits her neighbor’s children. The table shows the amount of money she earns in hours. Priya and Mai have agreed to go to the movies the weekend after they have earned the same amount of money for the same number of work hours.

1 $8.40

2 $16.80

4 $33.60
1. How many hours do they have to work before they go to the movies?
2. How much will they have earned?
3. Explain where the solution can be seen in tables of values, graphs, and equations that represent Priya's and Mai's hourly earnings.
For each equation, explain what you could do first to each side of the equation so that there would be no fractions. You do not have to solve the equations (unless you want more practice).


1	$8.40
2	$16.80
4	$33.60