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Example Questions

Example Question #102 : Linear Algebra

Find the slope given the following equation:  

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The slope is the value of  in the slope-intercept equation: 

The equation is already given in slope-intercept format.

This means that the slope is:  

Example Question #103 : Linear Algebra

Find the slope of the following equation:  

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Combine like terms of the left.

Divide by 2 on both sides.

Now that the equation is in slope-intercept form , we can identify the coefficient in front of the x-variable.

The answer is:  

Example Question #102 : Linear Algebra

Find the slope of the line which passes through the following points:

 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Find the slope of the line which passes through the following points:

 

To find the slope of a line, use the following formula

Note that it doesn't matter which point is "1" and which point is "2," so long as we are consistent.

Let's make our points 

Point 1:

Point 2:

Now, recall that points are an x and a y value as follows: (x,y)

So, our slope is 

Example Question #31 : Finding Slope And Intercepts

Which of the following lines are perpendicular to the following equation?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Which of the following lines are perpendicular to the following equation?

Perpendicular lines have opposite reciprocal slopes. This means that our answer will have a slope that is positive, and will be the reciprocal of one-fourth.

So, our answer must have a slope of 4.

Try this!

Example Question #32 : Finding Slope And Intercepts

Give the -coordinate of the -intercept of the line of the equation

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

the -intercept of the line is the point at which it intersects the -axis. The -coordinate of the point is 0, so substitute 0 for  in the equation and solve for :

Isolate  on one side by first subtracting 17 from both sides:

Divide both sides by 3:

,

the correct choice.

Example Question #33 : Finding Slope And Intercepts

Find the x-intercept of the following equation

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Find the x-intercept of the following equation

The x-intercept is the location where a line crosses the x-axis.

This occurs when y=0.

To find the x-intercept, plug in 0 for y and solve.

Thus, our answer is

Example Question #41 : Finding Slope And Intercepts

Two points on a line are  and . Find the slope of the line. 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

In order to find the slope of a line when given two points, you must use the equation

, with  standing for slope. 

In the equation  is the  coordinate of the second point,  is the  coordinate of the first point,  is the  coordinate of the second point, and  is the  coordinate of the first point. Therefore,

, and .

Once you plug in all the numbers into the equation for slope, you get

which simplifies to 

, or .

Therefore, the slope is .

Example Question #42 : Finding Slope And Intercepts

Find the slope of a straight line that passes through  and 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

In order to find our slope, we'll need to use the slope formula, which is 

To find out what number goes where, know that whatever coordinate comes first is coordinate  and the one following that is coordinate . Also know that  comes before  in a coordinate.

In math terms, our coordinates should look like this: 

Following this guide, we know that  must be ,  must be ,  must be and  must be .

Now that we know what goes where, place the numbers into the formula and solve for m:

Subtracting a negative is the same as saying adding a positive number. If this confuses you, then try this rule of thumb:

Leave, change, opposite. 

This is how you determine if the equation will add or subtract if you have wonky equations such as subtracting a negative. You leave the symbol of the first number alone and you change the second symbol as well as the third.

Let's look at  for this.

 can be rewritten as . We leave the positive  alone, change the subtraction to adding, and then make opposite of the negative , which would be positive .

This changes our equation to , which can be rewritten to .

Now that we know how to subtract a negative, our equation should be , which can be simplified to  since  goes into  twice.

Our answer is 

Example Question #43 : Finding Slope And Intercepts

Find the slope for a straight line that passes through  and 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

In order to reach the answer, we must first employ the slop formula;

To figure out what number goes where, know that whatever coordinate is given first in the answer is our coordinate , and the one following that is our coordinate . Also remember that  comes before  in a coordinate.

In math terms our coordinates should be . Following this example, our  must be , our  must be , our  must be  and our  must be .

Now that we know what goes where, plug in the numbers to our slope formula and solve for m:

Because  is the same number, we get

Our answer is 

Example Question #44 : Finding Slope And Intercepts

Find the slope of a straight line that passes through  and .

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

In order to find the slope, you'll need to use the slop formula, which is .

Our  is , our  is , our  is  and our  is .

If you're confused on why I labeled our numbers like this, know that whatever coordinate your given first is your coordinate  and your next coordinate is coordinate

In math terms, our coordinates look like this .

Now that we know what number goes where, it's just a matter of solving the equation for .

Now we could leave our answer like that, but our fraction can actually be reduced even further. See how both the  and the  are divisible by ? Because they share this , we can divide both the  and  in order to get the smallest fraction without changing what the fraction stands for.

If you're confused on why we can do this, pick up a calculator and find out what the decimal equivalent of  is, then with .

Did you get the same answer? That's because  and  are the same answer, but  is just a smaller version of . It's the same for if we multiplied with , , or . Give it a try when you have the chance!

Our final answer should be 

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