Activities 5-7
Slope/Rate of Change
Slope-Intercept/Point-Slope Form
Direct/Indirect Variation
Miscellaneous
100

Is the following relation a function? Why or why not?


Not a function because the x value -1 has two different outputs.

100

What is the slope of the following line:

y=-4x+8

m=-4

100

A line has a slope of -2/3 and a y-intercept of 8. Write the equation of the line in slope-intercept form.

y=-2/3x+8

100

Given the direct variation below, what is the constant of variation?

y=5x

k=5

100

What is the range of the following relation:

(-5, 1),(-3, 4),(-1, 5),(0, 4),(1, 5)

Range: {1, 4, 5}

200

What are the relative maximum and minimum values of the following graph?


Relative maximums: 1 and 2

Relative minimums: -3 and -1

200

What is the slope of the graph below?

m=-5/3

200

Write the following equation in slope-intercept form.

3x+7y=35

y=-3/7x+5

200

They value of y varies directly with x and the constant of variation is 6. What is the value of  x when y=54?

x=9

200

Find the slope of the line that passes through the following two points.

(0, 5) and (8, 37)

m=4

300

What is the slope of ALL vertical lines?

Undefined

300

Write the equation in point-slope form of a line that has a slope of 4 and goes through the point (-1, -7).

y+7=4(x+1)

300

The value of y varies indirectly with x and the value of the constant variation is 28.  What is the value of y when x=4?

y=7

400

Evaluate the following function for x= -6

f(x)=2x^2+4x-10

f(-6)=38

400

What is the rate of change of the function shown in the table below?

Rate of Change: 

3/2

400

What are the slope and y-intercept of the following line?


2x+4y=7

Slope: 

-1/2

Y-intercept: 

(0, 7/4)

400

The value of y varies directly as x and y=9 when x=6. What is the value of y when x=15?

y=22.5

500

A spring is stretched 10 cm by a mass of 2.5 grams. The same spring is stretched 13 cm by a mass of 3.25 grams.  Write an equation to show how much the spring will stretch for any mass.

d=4m

500

Find the slope of the line that passes through the following two points.

(-10, -8) and (4, 7)

m=15/14

500

Write the equation in slope-intercept form of the line that passes through the points (2, 6) (3, 7).

y=x+4

500

The value of y varies indirectly as x and y=4 when x=20. What is the value of y when x=40?

y=2