Slope
Slope-Intercept Form
Vocabulary
Graphing Linear Equations
Intercepts
100
slope is the __________________ of a line
What is steepness?
100
slope intercept form
What is y = mx + b
100
the steepness of a linear function
What is slope?
100
linear functions will always form this
What is a straight line?
100
the y-intercept tells where the function crosses this axis
What is y-axis?
200
the slope of a line that passes through the points (0, 3) and (5, 8)
What is 1?
200
the slope of y = -3x -8
What is -3?
200
the type of function shown with y = ax
What is direct variation?
200
When graphing y = 7x + 4 using slope-intercept form, the first coordinate you want to plot is this
What is (0,4)?
200
the y- intercept of 2x + y = 4
What is 4?
300
the slope of a line that passes through the points (-4, -5) and (-1, 3)
What is 8/3?
300
the y-intercept of the equation y = -1/3x -3
What is -3?
300
when a function is written as f(x) instead of y
What is function notation?
300
the three ways discussed to graph linear functions
What is make a table, using intercepts, and using slope-intercept form?
300
the intercepts (y and x) of the parent function
What is zero (for both) or the origin
400
the formula to find slope
What is y2 - y1 over x2 - x1
400
write in slope-intercept form -2x + 2y = 6
What is y = x + 3?
400
two lines with the same slope are said to be this
What is parallel
400
the equation for the parent function
What is y = x or f(x) = x
400
True or false. If you have a y-intercept of 3, the graph could be a direct variation equation.
What is false. Direct variation has a y intercept of 0.
500
You find the slope of a line and it is 4/0. What is slope?
What is undefined?
500
Write in slope-intercept form 6x - 3y - 12 = 0
What is y = 2x -4
500
a group of functions with similar characteristics
What is a family of functions?
500
As you are taking a test, you are asked to graph using intercepts but you don't remember how. What should you do?
What is use a different method to graph. You will still get the same graph.
500
Find the x and y intercept of 5x + 3y = -15
What is y-intercept is -5 and x-intercept is -3
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