Vocab/Formulas
What is a single word that stands for rate-of-change; it is ususally represented with a m but sometimes a k.
Slope
What is the rank of Texas Tech Basketball team?
9th
What is the slope of a horizontal line?
zero
This type of rate-of-change occurs when we have a linear function.
A CONSTANT rate of change
1c
negative
What is the year that we are in according to the chinese calendar?
Tiger
What is the slope for a vertical line?
undefined
What is the delta notation for slope and what does it mean.
delta y/delta x
change in ys/change in xs
1. abcd
y=-3/2 x+3
-3/2
(0,3)
f(x) = -3/2 x + 3
What is the slope of a line (0,8) & (8,0)?
-1
y=mx+b
b
(0,b)
3
see book