Rate of Change from a Table and Equation

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In the equation y = 14x, what is the rate of change?

Back

14

Front

The table shows your profit from your summer mowing job. What is the rate of change?

Back

$10 per hour

Front

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

Back

2

Front

Is this table proportional or non-proportional? a.k.a. ....are all the rates of change equal?

Back

Proportional

Front

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

Back

slope

Front

What does the term 'rate of change' mean?

Back

The rate at which one quantity changes in relation to another quantity.

Front

How do you find the slope from a table of values?

Back

Calculate the change in y divided by the change in x.

Front

What is a proportional relationship?

Back

A relationship where the ratio between two quantities remains constant.

Front

What does the y-intercept represent in the equation y=mx+b?

Back

The value of y when x is 0.

Front

If the slope of a line is negative, what does that indicate?

Back

The line is decreasing as it moves from left to right.