Quiz - Slope Vocabulary

What is the Slope Formula?

• $y\ =\ mx\ +\ b$

• $\frac{y_{2\ }-\ y_1}{\text{}x_{2\ }-\ x_1}$

• $\frac{rise}{run}$

A rate with a denominator of 1.

• Unit Rate

• Rate of Change

• Slope

• y-intercept

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• slope: 1/2       y-intercept: -1

• slope: 2       y-intercept: -1

• slope: 1/2       y-intercept: 1

• slope: 2       y-intercept: 1

the vertical axis on a coordinate plane

• x-axis

• y-axis

the horizontal axis on a coordinate plane

• x-axis

• y-axis

The point on a graph where a function crosses the x-axis (Where Y=0 ,); point (x,0)

• x-intercept

• y-intercept

The point on a graph where a function crosses the y-axis (Where X=0); point (0,y); the "b" in slope-intercept form.

• y-intercept

• x-intercept

a line that slants up from left to right

• no slope

• zero slope

• postiive slope

• negative slope