Module 5 Vocabulary 8th Grade

the side opposite of the right angle in a right triangle

​hypotenuse

​the two sides that form the right angle in a right triangle

legs

the vertical change when the slope of a line is expressed as the rise-over-run ratio

rise

the horizontal change when the slope of the line is expressed as the rise-over-run ratio

run

the measure of the steepness of a line on a graph; the rise divided by the run

slope

​a rate in which the second quantity in the comparison is one unit

unit rate

an equation whose solutions form a straight line on a coordinate plane

linear equation

a graph made up of connected lines or curves

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​continuous graph

a graph made up of unconnected points

​discrete graph