Similar Triangles Slope

Find the slope of the slide.

(if you get a fraction, use the / to write it)

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

• A

• B

• C

• D

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CCSS.8.EE.B.6

• 2/3

• 3/4

• 3/2

• 1/3

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CCSS.8.EE.B.6

Identify the slope of the hypotenuse of triangle DEF.

• 1

• -1

• 3

• -3

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CCSS.8.EE.B.6

Triangle MNP and JKL are similar right triangles. Between which pairs of points are the slopes the same? Choose all that apply.

• N and P; K and J

• M and P; J and L

• M and N; K and L

• N and P; J and L

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CCSS.8.EE.B.6

Identify the slope of the black line. You can use the blue slope triangles to help you.

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

Which statement is not true?

• A and B

• D only

• C only

• A, B and D

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CCSS.8.EE.B.6

Explain whether or not the triangles shown could lie on the same line.

• Yes, because their slopes both simplify to -6.

• Yes, because their slopes both simplify to 1/6.

• No, because -72/12 is not the same as -144/24

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CCSS.8.EE.B.6

Identify the slope of the hypotenuse of triangle ABC.

• 1

• -1

• 3

• -3

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CCSS.8.EE.B.6

Which of these lines has a slope of -3?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5