
Finding the Equation of a Line from Two Points

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Mia Campbell
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the first step in finding the equation of a line given two points?
Find the midpoint
Determine the slope
Graph the points
Calculate the y-intercept
Tags
CCSS.8.EE.B.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How do you determine the slope of a line?
By finding the midpoint of the line
By calculating the change in y over the change in x
By subtracting the y-coordinates
By adding the x-coordinates
Tags
CCSS.8.EE.B.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the slope of a line that goes down 10 units and right 5 units?
1
-1
2
-2
Tags
CCSS.8.EE.B.6
CCSS.8.F.A.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the equation of the line if the slope is -2 and the y-intercept is -7?
y = -2x + 7
y = 2x - 7
y = -2x - 7
y = 2x + 7
Tags
CCSS.8.F.B.4
CCSS.HSF.LE.A.2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why might you need to use algebraic methods to find the equation of a line?
Because the slope might be zero
Because the points might not be integers
Because the graph might not be available
Because the graph might be too complex
Tags
CCSS.8.EE.B.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the formula for finding the slope between two points?
(y1 - y2) / (x1 - x2)
(x2 - x1) / (y2 - y1)
(y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1)
(x1 - x2) / (y1 - y2)
Tags
CCSS.HSA-REI.B.4B
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the subscript in x1 and x2 indicate?
The points are on the y-axis
The points are different
The points are on the x-axis
The points are the same
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