A1 Alg1 Writing Linear Equations Practice

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What is the slope-intercept form of a linear equation?

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

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Front

What does the slope of a line represent?

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The slope represents the rate of change of y with respect to x; it indicates how steep the line is.

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What is the y-intercept of a line?

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How do you convert from point-slope form to slope-intercept form?

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Front

What is point-slope form of a linear equation?

Back

Front

What is the equation of a vertical line?

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Front

What is the equation of a horizontal line?

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Front

How do you write the equation of a line given a slope and a point?

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Front

What is the significance of the slope being negative?

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A negative slope indicates that as x increases, y decreases, meaning the line falls from left to right.