Linear Equations
What is the slope of the line y=- x/3 +6?
m = -1/3
What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (8,4) and (-4,6)?
m = -1/6
Find the slope of the line given the table of points. (Table B)
4
What are the slopes of all the lines in Graph E?
slope of A = 7/4
slope of B = 1
slope of C = 2/3
slope of D = 1/4
What is the slope of the line in Graph F? What is the slope of a line parallel ? a line perpendicular?
m=-2
parallel m = -2
perpendicular m = 1/2
What is the slope of the line x=1/2 ?
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What is the slope of the line passing through (-3, -5) and (-3, -7)?
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Find the slope of the line given the table of points. (Table A)
m = -2
What are the slopes of the lines in Graph G?
slope red = 5
slope black = undefined
slope green = 0
slope purple = 1/5
parallel: y = 3/5 x +#
perpendicular: y = -5/3x + #
What is the slope of the line 2y=x ?
m = 1/2
What is the slope of the line passing through (1.6, 0.7) and (1.3, -0.8)? Write your answer as a simplified fraction.
m = 5
Find the slope of the line for the table of points. (Table D)
m = 2
In Graph H, what is Caroline's constant rate of change? Use words in your answer.
Caroline burns 8 calories per 1 minute.
What is the slope of a line parallel to x=3?
What is the slope of a line perpendicular to x=3?
parallel slope: undefined
perpendicular slope: 0
What is the slope of the line 6x-9y=18 ?
m = 2/3
What is the slope of the line passing through (3/4, 1/2) and (-5/4, 2/3)?
m = -1/12
For Table C, what is the value of the "ice skate" and "snowflake"?
ice skate = 11
snowflake = 6
What is the slope of the line in graph I?
m=2
Are the lines 2x+5y=10 and y=2.5x parallel, perpendicular, coinciding, or only intersecting? Explain.
perpendicular because -2/5 and 2.5 are opposite reciprocals.
What is the slope of the line Ax + By = C?
m = -A/B
A line with slope -2/5 passes through the points (2,3) and (x, 7). Find the value of x.
m = -8
A line with slope 2 passes through the point (4,3). The point (x, -3) also lies on the line. Create a table to find the value of x.
x = 1
What is the slope of the line in Graph J? Use words in your answer.
20 cm in height for every 1 cm of first metacarpal bone (acceptable answers 18-21)
Are the lines 2x-3y=6 and 3y=2 parallel, perpendicular, coinciding, or only intersecting? Explain.
only intersecting
one line is rising and the other is horizontal