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Example Questions

Example Question #12 : Finding Slope And Intercepts

Identify the y-intercept:  

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

In order to find the y-intercept, we will need to let  and solve for .

Subtract  from both sides.  Do NOT divide by  on both sides.

The answer is:  

Example Question #13 : Finding Slope And Intercepts

What is the x-intercept of the following equation?  

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

In order to find the x-intercept, we will need to let , and solve for .

Add  on both sides.

Divide by five on both sides.

The answer is:  

Example Question #14 : Finding Slope And Intercepts

A line on the coordinate plane has as its equation .

Which of the following is its slope?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Rewrite the equation in the slope-intercept form , with  the slope, as follows:

Subtract  from both sides:

Multiply both sides by , distributing on the right:

In the slope-intercept form, the coefficient of  is the slope . This is .

Example Question #15 : Finding Slope And Intercepts

What is the slope of the following function?  

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To determine the slope, we will need the equation in slope-intercept form.

Divide by six on both sides.

Simplify the right side.

The answer is:  

Example Question #15 : Finding Slope And Intercepts

Find the slope of the following equation:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

If we look at the following equation

we can see it is written in slope-intercept form.  Slope-intercept form is

where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.

So, given the equation,

we can see -9 is the slope.

Example Question #11 : Finding Slope And Intercepts

Find the slope of the following equation:  

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The given equation is already in slope-intercept form.

The  represents the coefficient of the slope.

The answer is:  

Example Question #21 : Finding Slope And Intercepts

What is the slope of the line?  

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To determine the slope, rewrite this equation in slope-intercept form.

, where  is the slope.

Add three on both sides.

Divide by 5 on both sides.

Simplify both sides.

The answer is:  

Example Question #21 : Finding Slope And Intercepts

Determine the slope of the following equation:  

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To determine the slope, first put the given equation in slope-intercept form.

Subtract  from both sides.

Divide both sides by negative nine.

The slope is , or .

Example Question #23 : Finding Slope And Intercepts

Find the slope given the following equation:  

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The given equation is not in slope-intercept form, .

Multiply both sides by negative half to isolate .

The answer is:  

Example Question #24 : Finding Slope And Intercepts

What is the y-intercept of the following line:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the y-intercept, we will write the equation in slope-intercept form

where b is the y-intercept.

So, given the equation of the line

we will solve for y. We get

Therefore, the y-intercept of the equation is 3.

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