Writing Equations
Slope Intercept Form
Intercepts
Vocabulary
100

Rewrite the equation in slope-intercept form

6x + 3y  = 12

y = -2x + 4

100

What is the equation in slope intercept form of the line that has a slope of -2 and a y-intercept of 8?

y=-2x+8

100

What is the y-intercept of the equation:

y=-2x+8

8

100

What is slope-intercept form of a line and what does each part of the equation represent?

y = mx + b, m = slope, b = y-intercept

200

Rewrite the equation in slope-intercept form

y + 7 =-1/3(x + 15)

y = -1/3x - 12

200

What is the equation in slope intercept form of the line that has a slope of -1/2 and passes through the point (0,5)?

y=-1/2x+5

200

What is the y-intercept of the line that passes through the points (2,4) and (0,9)?

9

200

What is point slope form and what does each part of the equation represent?

y-y1=m(x-x1)   m = slope, and x1, y1 represent a point on the line

300

Write the equation of the line in slope-intercept form

y = 1/3x - 2

300

Write the equation in slope-intercept form:

-5x + 10y = 45

y = 1/2x + 4.5

300

What is the x-intercept of the equation:

y = 1/2x - 4

(8, 0)

300

What is the rate of change of a line?

slope, rise/run

400

Write the equation of the line.What is the slope of a horizontal line?

x = 3
400

What is the equation in slope intercept form of the line that has a slope of -2 and passes through the point (-5,-3)?

y = -2x - 13

400

What is the y-intercept of the line represented by this equation:  y - 5 = -1/4(x + 8)?

(0, 3) or 3

400

What is vocabulary term is represented by the ordered pair (0,6)?

y-intercept

500

Write an equation in slope-intercept form of a line that passes through the point (-2, 5) and has a slope of 1/2

y = 1/2x + 7

500

What is the equation in slope intercept form of the line that passes through the points (2, -3) and (-4, 0)

y = -1/2x - 2

500

What is the y-intercept of the line that passes through the points (-3,-5) and (7,-2)?

(0, -1)

500

What vocabulary term is represented by the ordered pair (-140, 0)?

x-intercept