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Vocabulary
Real World
SLOPE
YINTERCEPT
Miscellaneous
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Vocabulary for $100
The constant in front of the
variable, determines rate or
steepness of a line.
coefficient
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Vocabulary for $200
The vertical line of the
two perpendicular lines in
a coordinate plane
Y-axis
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Vocabulary for $300
The horizontal change
between two
coordinates
run
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Vocabulary for $400
A relationship between
two variables in which
the value of one
variable depends on
the value of the other
variable
function
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Vocabulary for $500
The ratio of rise to run
slope
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Real World for $100
Rudo’s father gives Rudo $5
then $0.50 for each math
problem he answers
correctly on his tests. Write
an equation to represent
this.
R=5+.50p
(R=amount of
money and
p=number of
questions
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Real World for $200
If you add 15 to 3 times this
number, you get 78. What is
the number?
21
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If you subtract 27 from 5
times the mystery number,
you get 83. What is the
mystery number?
22
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Use the equation A=5+0.5d.
Suppose Alana walks 28
kilometers. What amount is
owed?
19
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Use the equation G=2d.
Suppose Gilberto received
98 dollars. How far did he
walk?
49
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Slope for $100
Identify the slope
of the equation
1
y  4x 
2
-4
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Slope for $200
Given the following
coordinates, find the
slope of the line:
(-3,-2), (-1,2), (1,6)
2 or 2/1
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Slope for $300
If the y-intercept is 1,
and the line goes
through the point (-2,2),
what is the slope?
1

2
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Slope for $400
The line passes through the
points (6,2) and (4,1). What
is the slope?
1
2
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Slope for $500
x
y
-2
-5
-1
-3
0
-1
1
1
Find the slope of the line
represented by the data in the
table.
+2
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Y-intercept for $100
The slope is 1 and passes
through the point (4,7).
What is the y-intercept?
3
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Y-intercept for $200
How does the yintercept show up on a
graph?
It’s the point
where the line
crosses the yaxis. (when x=0)
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Y-intercept for $300
What are the yintercepts in the
following equations?
1)y  3x  4
2)y  4 x
1) 4
2) 0
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A line passes through the
points (1,-5) and (-3,3). It
has a slop of -2. What is
the y-intercept?
-3
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The total cost, C, for the drama
club to put on the play is
C=1.25N + 250, where N is the
number of tickets sold. What is the
y-intercept and what does it stand
for IN THE CONTEXT of the
problem?
$250; that is their
up front charge,
perhaps for
rental of the
building or props
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Miscellaneous for $100
What is a ‘break-even
point’?
When
income=expenses;
the point at which
they start to make
money
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Miscellaneous for $200
Solve the following
equation:
4x 12 22
5
2
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Solve for t:
3t-4=-10+2t
-6
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What is an equation whose
line would be parallel to the
following line:
Y=8-2x
Y=-2x
Y=-2x+1
(as long as the
equations has -2x
in it)
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Miscellaneous for $500
What is an equation of a line
that is perpendicular to the line
y=2x-7
Y =-1/2x +2
(as long as the
equation has a
(or -0.5)in it.
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1
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2
How much do you
want to risk?
Consider the following equation:
2x-y+2=4x
Find x if y = 1
1
2
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crossword puzzle and the
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