Applications of Slope

What type of slope?

• negative

• steep

• undefined

• zero slope

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.5

What is the y-intercept of this graph?

• (0,1)

• (0,-2)

• (0,0)

• (0,3)

A driving range charges $4 to rent a golf club plus $2.75 for every bucket of golf balls you hit.

What type of linear function should you write to model this situation?

• Slope-Intercept Form

• Standard Form

• Point-Slope Form

Write the equation of the line.

• y = -1/3x - 2

• y = 1/3x - 2

• y = 3x - 2

• y = -3x - 2

Find the slope of the graph

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.5

What is the slope of the table?

• -4

• 1

• 4

• -2

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.5

A climber is scaling a rock face. Two hours after starting his climb, he is at an altitude of 400 feet. After six hours, he is at an altitude of 700 feet. What is his average rate of change?

• 200 ft/hr

• 150 ft/hr

• 300 ft/hr

• 75 ft/hr

Tags

CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.HSF.IF.B.6

A rocket is one mile above the earth 30 seconds after launch and five miles above the earth 2.5 minutes after launch. What is the rocket's rate of change in miles per second?

• 0.03 mi/sec

• 1.80 mi/sec

• 0.23 mi/sec

• 0.15 mi/sec

Tags

CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.HSF.IF.B.6

A chef weighed 145 lbs in 1986 and weighed 190 lbs in 2007. What was this chef's rate of change in weight?

• 2.14 lbs/year

• 11 lbs/year

• 4.1 lbs/year

• 0.24 lbs/year

Tags

CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.HSF.IF.B.6

Which of the following is the correct equation to find rate of change?

• m=(y₂-y₁)/(x₂-x₁)

• m=(x₂-x₁)/(y₂-y₁)

• m=(y₂-x₂)/(y₁-x₁)

• m=(y₂+y₁)/(x₂+x₁)

Tags

CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B