Exploring Slope — Quiz

Question 1

A line passes through the point open paren negative 7 comma 5 close paren and has a slope of 1 half Which is another point that the line passes through?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

open paren 9 comma 13 close paren

Question 2

In the table, x represents minutes, and y represents the altitude of an airplane. Altitude of an Airplane Minutes, x Altitude in feet, y 15 22 comma 500 20 20 comma 000 25 17 comma 500 30 15 comma 000 Which statement is correct about the slope of the linear function that the table represents?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The slope is negative because as the minutes increase, the altitude decreases.

Question 3

Ellen thinks that if a line has no slope, then it never touches the y -axis. Which line proves that her statement is incorrect?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

x is equal to 0

Question 4

Two sides of a four-sided figure have negative slopes. Which are the endpoints of the sides of this figure?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

open paren 1 comma 4 close paren , open paren 2 comma 1 close paren , open paren 5 comma 1 close paren , open paren 4 comma 4 close paren

Question 5

What is the slope of the line represented by the points in the table? x y negative 2 negative 0 point 3 5 negative 1 negative 0 point 3 0 negative 0 point 2 5 1 negative 0 point 2 2 negative 0 point 1 5

Revolt · Accepted Answer

0 point 0 5

Question 6

Raj is deciding between two cell phone plans, A and B, which are both linear functions. The monthly charge for plan A according to the number of minutes used is shown in the table. Monthly Charge for Plan A Minutes used, x Monthly charge dollars , y 0 14 point 4 5 3 14 point 8 4 6 15 point 2 3 9 15 point 6 2 12 16 point 0 1 Plan B has the same monthly base charge as plan A, but it charges a different amount per minute used. If the total monthly charge for plan B is 22 dollars 10 when 45 minutes are used, what is the slope of the linear function that represents the cost of plan B?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

0 point 1 7

Question 7

The difference in the x -coordinates of two points is 3 , and the difference in the y -coordinates of the two points is 6 What is the slope of the line that passes through the points?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

2

Question 8

A passenger rode the subway 2 blocks west and then 10 blocks south. If all the blocks are the same length, what is the value of the slope of the line from where the passenger began to where he finished?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

5

Question 9

The data in which table represents a linear function that has a slope of zero?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Table with 2 columns and 6 rows.Row 1: Column 1, 'x'; Column 2, 'y' Row 2: Column 1, 'negative 5'; Column 2, '5' Row 3: Column 1, 'negative 4'; Column 2, '5' Row 4: Column 1, 'negative 3'; Column 2, '5' Row 5: Column 1, 'negative 2'; Column 2, '5' Row 6: Column 1, 'negative 1'; Column 2, '5'

Question 10

A line passes through the points open paren 7 comma 10 close paren and open paren 7 comma 20 close paren Which statement is true about the line?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It has no slope because x sub 2 minus x sub 1 in the formula m is equal to the fraction with numerator y sub 2 minus y sub 1 and denominator x sub 2 minus x sub 1 is zero, and the denominator of a fraction cannot be zero.

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