slope-intercept form

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What is the slope in the equation y=2x + 3?

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2

Front

In the equation y=mx+b, what does the m represent?

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slope

Front

What is the y-intercept of the line graphed below?

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4

Front

What does 'b' represent in y=mx+b?

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y-intercept

Front

What is the y-intercept in the following equation: y=-4x-5?

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-5

Front

What is the general form of the slope-intercept equation?

Back

y=mx+b

Front

How do you find the slope from two points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2)?

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m = (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1)

Front

What does a positive slope indicate about a line?

Back

The line rises from left to right.

Front

What does a negative slope indicate about a line?

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The line falls from left to right.

Front

What is the slope of a horizontal line?

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