Ticket out the Door


1. Explain how to find the intercepts of a line given its equation. Then find the intercepts of the standard form Ax + By = C.

 

2. Write a sentence to explain how direct variation and the slope-intercept form of a linear equation are related.

 

3. Describe two ways in which a direct variation problem may be solved.

 

4.Why can't you write the equation of a vertical line in slope-intercept form?

 

5. You Decide Taka wrote y = 3.5x - 8 as an equation of a line having a slope of 3.5 and a y-intercept of -8. Chuma wrote 7x - 2y = 16 as an equation of the same line. Who is correct, and why?

 

6. List all the types of information you can use to write an equation of a line. Be sure to include examples of each.

 

7. Find the x and y-intercepts of the graph of the equation.

(3/4)x - 2y + 7 = 0

 

8. Write an equation in slope-intercept form of a line with the given slope and y-intercept. Then write the equation in standard form.

m = 2/3, b = -10

 

9. Find the slope and y-intercept of the graph of the equation.

3x + y = -4

 

10. Write an equation in standard form for a line that passes through the pair of points.

(5, 7) and (1, 9)

 

 

 


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