Slope Review Flashcard

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What is the slope of a vertical line?

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Undefined

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What is the slope of a horizontal line?

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0

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How do you calculate the slope between two points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2)?

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Slope (m) = (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1)

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What does a positive slope indicate about a line?

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The line rises from left to right.

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What does a negative slope indicate about a line?

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The line falls from left to right.

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What is the slope of the line represented by the equation y = mx + b?

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The slope is m.

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If a line has a slope of 5, what does this mean?

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For every 1 unit increase in x, y increases by 5 units.

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What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (2, 3) and (4, 7)?

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Slope = (7 - 3) / (4 - 2) = 2.

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What is the slope of a line that passes through the points (-4, 5) and (-4, 2)?

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Undefined.

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Identify the slope of a line that decreases as it moves from left to right.

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Negative.

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