All About Slope
Slope-Intercept Form
Point-Slope Form
Parallel or Perpendicular
Word Problems
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What is the formula for finding the slope of a line?


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What does Slope-Intercept Form look like?
y=mx+b
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What does Point-Slope Form look like?
(y-y)=m(x-x)
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What has to be true about the slopes of two lines for them to be parallel?

Slopes have to be the same

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A recording studio charges musicians an initial fee of $50 to records an album. Studio time costs an additional $75 per hour. Write a linear model that represents the total cost of recording an album as a function of studio time (in hours)

y=75t+50

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Find the slope of the line containing the points (0,2) and (1,1).
m=-1
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Given the equation y=2x-7, what is the y-intercept?
y-intercept = -7
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Write the equation of the line that passes through point (2,1) with slope -4 in Point-Slope Form
(y-1)=-4(x-2)
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Determine whether the two lines given will be parallel to each other, perpendicular, or neither: 

y = 2x - 3

y = -2x + 5

Neither; the slopes are not the same and they are also not reciprocals
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A plumber charges $15 per hour of service in addition to his flat rate for each service call. After an 8-hour service call, the total bill came to $170. Find the flat-rate fee and write an equation in slope-intercept form for the cost y after x hours of service.

Flat-rate fee: $50

Equation: y = 15x + 50

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Find the slope of the line containing the points (4,9) and (1,2).
m=7/3
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A line has a slope of 3 and a y-intercept of 6. Write an equation in slope-intercept form.
y=3x+6
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Write the equation of the line that passes through the points (-3,-2) and (-1,-1) in Point-Slope Form

y+2=(1/2)(x+3) OR y+1=(1/2)(x+1)

300

Determine whether the two lines given will be parallel to each other, perpendicular, or neither:

y = (2/3)x + 8

2x - 3y = -12


Parallel, the two lines both have a slope of 2/3

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Describe and correct the error in writing an equation of the line that passes through the point (4, -5) and is perpendicular to the line 


Perpendicular lines have an opposite reciprocal slope, not just reciprocal. 

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What is the slope of a horizontal line?
Zero
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Write a linear equation that passes through points
(0, -3) and (3,-6) in slope-intercept form.

y = -x -3

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Write the equation of the line that passes through the points(5,-6) and (-2, 8) in point-slope form. 

y - 8 =-2(x + 2)

y + 6 =-2(x - 5)

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Write an equation of the line that passes through the point (-2, 5) and is parallel to the line 

y=(1/2)x+6

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A city water department is proposing the construction of a new water pipe, as shown. The new pipe will be perpendicular to the old pipe. Write an equation that represents the new pipe. 


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Give another name/phrase for slope

rise over run, m, rate of change, change in y over change in x, steepness, 

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Write the equation of the line that passes through the two points (0, 10) and (20,5) in slope-intercept form.

y=(-1/4)x+10

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Write a linear equation in point-slope form f that passes through (-3,1), (13,5)

 (y -1 ) = 1/4(x + 3)

or

(y - 5) = 1/4(x - 13)

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Write the equation of the line that passes through the points (7, -5) and is perpendicular to the line

y=-3x+16

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