Comparing Slope Formula to Graphs

What is the slope in the picture?

• Positive

• Negative

• Zero

• Undefined

Who has the greater rate of change?

• Smith has the greater rate of change with 5/4

• Harmon has the greater rate of change with 7/2

• Smith has the greater rate of change with 4/5

• They have the same rate of change.

Who has the same rate of change?

• Dennis and Kameron have the same rate of change.

• Myriah and Kameron have the same rate of change.

• Dennis and Myriah have the same rate of change.

• They ALL have the same rate of change

Find the average rate of change over the given interval. 

• 4

• 7

• 7/3

• 3/7

Which of the following graphs has the largest average rate of change from -1 to 2?

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Which type of function has a Rate of Change that you can determine simply by looking at the equation?

• Linear

• Exponential

• Quadratic

• none of these

In order to calculate rate of change using the slope formula you must first get...

• TWO ordered pairs

• ONE ordered pair

• help from your math teacher

What is the average rate of change from x=0 to x=1

• -3

• 3

• 0

• 2

Average Rate of Change is also known as...

• y-intercept

• x-intercept

• linear

• slope

The table below shows some of the values for the linear function f.

Let g be the linear function defined by g(x) = 4x + 5.

Which statement is true?

• The graph of f has a greater slope than the graph of g.

• The graph of g has a greater slope than the graph of f.

• The graph of f has the same slope as the graph of g.

• The slopes of the graphs of f and g are undefined.