Slope and Similar Triangles

Which right triangle has a side opposite the right angle with a slope that would lie on the dashed line shown in the graph?

(Hint: what does it mean to be on the same line?)

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Which proportions DO NOT show the equality of the slopes of AC and AN? Select ALL that apply

Match the following

• negative slope

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• zero slope

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• undefined slope

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• positive slope

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Choose all TRUE statements about the given image.

• The line LO has positive slope

• Triangles MNP and LOQ have the same slope

Triangle ABC and triangle EBD are similar right triangles. The coordinates of all vertices are integers. Which statement is true about the slope of BC and the slope of CD?

• The slope cannot be determined

• The slope of BC is greater than the slope of CD

• The slope of BC is less than the slope of CD

• The slope of BC is the same as the slope of CD

The two right triangles shown below are similar. Which configuration DOES represent how triangles A and B can be placed on a coordinate plane so that the line containing the side opposite the right angle of each triangle represents the same slope?

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Which proportion can be used to describe the slope of line AC?

• x=7

• x=-7

• x=4

• x=-1

Scientists estimate that the mass of the sun is 1.9891 × 10¹⁰ kg. How many zeros are in this number when it is written in standard notation?

Answer explanation

The exponent tells you how many times to move the decimal. Not how many zeros there will be. Did you take the time to work it out?

Reorder the following in Ascending order

• 0.625

Answer explanation

to ascend means to go up