Flashcard 3.7 - 3.10 Quiz Prep

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

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How do you find the slope from 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 write an equation in slope-intercept form given the slope and y-intercept?

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What transformation occurs when a graph is shifted down by 4 units?

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Front

How do you determine the slope from a graph?

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What is the equation of a line with a slope of -2 that passes through the point (5, 7)?

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What does a negative slope indicate about a line?

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

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How do you write an equation in slope-intercept form from a point and a slope?

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