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Example Question #9 : Graphing Lines
What is the slope of the line that contains the points, and ?
To find the slope of a line with two points you must properly plug the points into the slope equation for two points which looks like
We must then properly assign the points to the equation as and .
In this case we will make our and our .
Plugging the points into the equation yields
Perform the math to arrive at
The answer is .
Example Question #10 : Graphing Lines
What is the slope of the line that contains the points, and ?
To find the slope of a line with two points you must properly plug the points into the slope equation for two points which looks like
We must then properly assign the points to the equation as and .
In this case we will make our , and our .
Plugging the points into the equation yields
Perform the math to arrive at
The answer is .
Example Question #11 : How To Identify A Point In Pre Algebra
What is the slope of a line that is perpendicular to ?
The slope of a perpendicular lines has the negative reciprocal of the slope of the original line.
If an equation is in slope-intercept form, , we use the from our equation as our original slope.
In this case
First flip the sign
To find the reciprocal you take the integer and make it a fraction by placing a over it. If it is already a fraction just flip the numerator and denominator.
Do this to make the slope
The slope of the perpendicular line is
.
Example Question #11 : How To Identify A Point In Pre Algebra
What is the slope of the line ?
In the standard form of a line, , the slope is represented by the variable (and the y-intercept is represented by the variable ). In this case, the line has a slope of .
Example Question #12 : How To Identify A Point In Pre Algebra
What is the y-intercept of the line ?
In the standard form of a line, , the slope is represented by the variable and the y-intercept is represented by the variable . In this case, the line has a y-intercept of .
We can verify this answer by substituting into the equation, since the y-intercept is where the line intersects the y-axis (where ).
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Example Question #13 : How To Identify A Point In Pre Algebra
What is the slope of a line that is parallel to the line ?
In the standard form of a line, , the slope is represented by the variable (and the y-intercept is represented by the variable ). Since parallel lines have the same slope, we would expect the line in question to have the same slope as , or .
Example Question #14 : How To Identify A Point In Pre Algebra
What is the slope of a line that is perpendicular to the line ?
In the standard form of a line, , the slope is represented by the variable (and the y-intercept is represented by the variable ). Since perpendicular lines have opposite slopes, we would expect the line in question to have a slope that is the negative reciprocal of the slope of the line . Since the slope of the line is , we would expect the perpendicular line to have a slope of .
Example Question #12 : How To Identify A Point In Pre Algebra
Which set of three points falls on the line ?
Only two points can lie on the same line.
To determine which set of points is correct, substitute each of the values into the equation and determine if the equation is true.
Correct points:
Incorrect points:
Example Question #13 : How To Identify A Point In Pre Algebra
The point resides in quadrant 1, indicating that both the x-value and y-value are positive. The point is given by , where is the number of horizontal units and is the number of vertical units. The image depicts a point that is units to the right and units up; therefore is the correct answer.
Remember that movement to the right or up is positive, while movement to the left or down is negative.
Example Question #14 : How To Identify A Point In Pre Algebra
You are given an ordered pair, . Which of the two values of the ordered pair corresponds to the following statement:
"Moving a horizontal distance to the right from the origin?"
neither
both
When we're given a point, , the value corresponds to the distance from the origin horizontally (with negative distance corresponding to moving to the left). Thus, our value in this case is and thus that is our answer.
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