Agile Mind Topic 8 Vocabulary

Front

What is the variable used to represent the y-intercept?

Back

b

Front

What do you call lines that slant DOWNWARD from left to right?

Back

negative slope

Front

What is a number that describes the steepness of a line?

Back

slope

Front

What is the variable used to represent the slope?

Back

m

Front

What is a kind of relationship where there is only one y-value for each x-value?

Back

Function

Front

What is the formula for calculating slope?

Back

Slope = rise/run

Front

What does a positive slope indicate about a line?

Back

The line rises from left to right.

Front

What does a slope of 0 indicate?

Back

The line is horizontal.

Front

What does an undefined slope indicate?

Back

The line is vertical.

Front

What is the domain of a function?

Back

The set of all possible x-values.