Assesment

Math Exam on Linear Equations


 

Name: ________________________

Answer the following questions which refer to a line that passes through a pair of points.

Slope:
1. Define the slope of a line.



2. What is the formula for finding slope?



Y-Intercept:
3. Define the y-intercept of a line.



4. How do you find the y-intercept?

 

Graph each line for the following pairs of points. Also determine the slope, y-intercept, and the slope-intercept form of each line.

5.

(2,5) and (7,-10)


Slope


Y-intercept:


Slope-intercept:



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6. (-1,3) and (-3,-1)


Slope:


Y-intercept:


Slope-intercept:
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