Slope of Lines and Slope Formula
The slope of this line includes points (-2,1) and (2,-2).
What is -3/4
This is the equation for a line represented by 5x+11y=55.
What is y=-5/11x+5?
This is the slope of a line whose equation is: y+8=9/4(x-3)
What is 9/4?
Rolland is heating a solution in a beaker. The solutions started at 12 degrees Celsius. The temperature of the solution rises 0.7 degrees each second. This is equation of line when graphed.
What is y=0.7x+12?
This is the type of association (relationship) between the number of stop signs in a neighborhood and the amount of speeding tickets issued.
What is negative?
This is the slope of a line represented by 4x+3y=-7
What is -4/3?
These are the x- and y-intercepts for a line represented by 2x+3y=6.
What is x-intercept (3,0) and y-intercept (0,2)?
This is the point included on the line represented by: y-2=-7(x-3)
What is (3,2)?
A pottery studio charges a set fee for birthday parties, plus $12.95 per person at the party. Analise's party for 8 people cost $198.60. This is the set fee charged for any party.
What is $95?
A tomato farmer monitors the number of bees (x) visiting his garden during the spring and the number of tomatoes (y) harvested in the fall. This data is represented by the equation y=4/3x+10. This is the estimated number of tomatoes harvested if 110 bees were observed.
What is 157 bees?
This is the slope of a line perpendicular to a linear represented by 3x-2y=24.
What is -2/3?
This is the equation of the line with a slope of 3 and passes through (-2,6).
What is y=3x+12?
This is the equation for a line perpendicular to y=3x+5 and includes the point (9,5).
What is y=-1/3x+8?
Deanne works in a shoe factory. She packs pairs of tennis shoes and pairs of boots in boxes to ship to shoe stores. The tennis shoes weigh 2 pounds and boots weigh 5 pounds. Each box can weight a total of 50 pounds. This is number of boots (in pairs) she can pack with 10 pairs of tennis shoes.
What is 5 pairs?
Herpetologists study the effects of temperature (x) on the active hours (y) of snakes throughout the year. This is represented by y=.25x-5.79. This is the reasonable estimated temperature when the snake was active for 9.5 hours.
What is 61.2 degrees?
This is the slope of a line represented by the equation x=-3.
What is undefined?
This is the equation for a line parallel to 4x-2y=5 and includes the point (4,7)
What is y=2x-1?
This is the equation for a line which includes the points (-2,4) and (4,22).
What is y=3x+10
Kenisha has 250 jellybeans to fill for the upcoming holiday. She fills large eggs with 8 jellybeans and small eggs with 5 jellybeans. This is the equation which would represent this situation.
What is 8x+5y=250?
A survey found a person's age (x) would have a negative relationship to the percent of their budget spent on entertainment (y). This is represented by y=-.14+13.06. What would be the reasonable estimate, for a person 60 years old, budgeting for entertainment?
What is 4.7%?
This is the slope of a line represented by -6y=-3x-18
What is 1/2?
This is the equation of a graphed line represented by 3x-4y=16.
What is y=3/4x-4?
This is the equation for a line which is parallel to a line which includes (0,-8) and (4,-7), but includes the point (-12,4).
What is y=1/4x+7?
A sky diving company charges a flat flying rate plus $90 per sky diver in the plane. The total bill for Leo and his six friends is $705. This the equation in point-slope form to represent the situation.
What is y-705=90(x-6)?
The amount of caffeine in a cup of coffee (y) is directly correlated to the number of ounces in a cup (x). The following data represents this relationship:
(5,80)
(12,192)
(15,240)
(20,320)
This is the line of best fit which would represent this relationship.
What is y=16x?