Compare Slope Intercept

What is the rate of change (slope) of line A?

• -4

• 4

• 1/4

• -1/4

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

Which has a greater rate of change?

• A

• B

• neither

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CCSS.8.F.A.2

CCSS.HSF.IF.C.9

What is the rate of change of A?

• 7

• -4

• impossible to tell

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B

What is the rate of change of B?

• -1/3

• 1/3

• -3

• 3

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B

• A
• B
• C
• D

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

Select the correct answer

• A

• B

• C

• D

Joe tracked the height of his Dalmatian puppy from age 13 weeks to 25 weeks. He graphed the data and determined the line of best fit is y = 1.12x + 28.78. What does the slope represent in this situation?

• The puppy weighed 28.78 pounds at age 13.

• For every week that goes by, the puppy gains 1.12 pounds.

• The puppy gains a pound every 1.12 weeks.

• The puppy weighs 1.12 pounds when it was born.

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CCSS.HSF.LE.B.5

Which has a greater rate of change?

• A

• B

• neither

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CCSS.8.F.A.2

CCSS.HSF.IF.C.9

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CCSS.8.F.A.2

CCSS.HSF.IF.C.9

How can you tell the y-intercept when you have a table instead of a graph?

• Count rise-over run.

• See where the y-value is zero.

• See where the x-value is zero.

• Impossible to tell.