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Determine the slope of the line graphed below. |
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What is the slope of in parallelogram ABCD? |
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Determine the slope of the line containing the points P(-7, -8) and Q(3, 0). |
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2 |
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-2 |
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The greatest power in a quadratic function is ______. |
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4 |
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2 |
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3 |
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1 |
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What is the equation of the graph shown? |
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y = -x2 - 2x - 1 |
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y = x2 - 2x + 1 |
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y = x2 + 2x + 1 |
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y = -x2 +2x - 1 |
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Which characteristic describes a graph that is linear and has direct variation. |
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The equation has the form y = mx. |
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The graph does not pass through (0, 0). |
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Variables x and y are not proportional. |
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The equation has the form y = mx + b. |
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Find the equation that has direct variation. |
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y = 5x + 1.3 |
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y = 0.8x + 9 |
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y = 4x |
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y = –3x – 1 |
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8. |
Which characteristic describes a graph that is linear and has direct variation. |
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The graph does not pass through (0, 0). |
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The equation has the form y = mx + b. |
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The equation has the form y = mx. |
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Variables x and y are not proportional. |
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Find the equation that has direct variation. |
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y = 5x + 1.3 |
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y = 4x |
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y = –3x – 1 |
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y = 0.8x + 9 |
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Find the graph that does not have direct variation. |
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Find the situation that is linear but does not have direct variation. |
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At the beginning of the summer, Dina had $0 in the bank. She started a job and deposited $10 per week. |
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At the beginning of the summer, Dina had $200 in the bank. She started a job and deposited $10 per week. |
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At the beginning of the summer, Dina had $0 in the bank. She earned $50 mowing lawns the previous week and deposited the money in the bank. |
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At the beginning of the summer, Dina had $200 in the bank. She withdrew $30 to buy a new pair of shorts. |
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Find the equation that is nonlinear. |
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y = 4y2 |
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y = –3x – 1 |
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y = 8 – x |
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y = 14 + 6x |
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Michael just got a job mowing his elderly neighbor's lawn paying him $10 each week. Draw a graph showing the amount he receives is increasing very rapidly. Suppose you graph the time in weeks on the horizontal axis and the amount Michael receives on the vertical axis. |
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Which three points are collinear? |
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(–4, 4), (0, –4), (–1, –2) |
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(3, –1), (2, 5), (2, –3) |
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(1, 2), (–3, –2), (–2, –4) |
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(–5, 2), (1, 1), (4, 4) |
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Write the equation in slope-intercept form. –6x = –10 – 2y |
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y + 8 = 3(x + 1) |
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y = 3x + 8 |
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–6x + 2y + 10 = 0 |
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y = 3x – 5 |
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What is the reciprocal of –20? Evaluate it in decimal form. |
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–0.20 |
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–0.02 |
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–0.05 |
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–0.50 |
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Find which equation does not represent a reciprocal relationship. |
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ab = 3 |
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–6 = ef |
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How does a affect graphs of equations in the form of ? |
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a affects the width of the graph |
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positive values of a move the graph to the left, negative values move it to the right |
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negative values of a move the graph to the left, positive values move it to the right |
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a affects the length of the graph |
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Which differences are constant in a cubic equation? |
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third |
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fourth |
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first |
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second |
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Find the values for m and n which the conjecture (m – n)2 = m2 – n2 is false. |
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m = –2, n = 0 |
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m = 1, n = 0 |
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m = 1, n = 1 |
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m = 1, n = 2 |
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