Writing Equations In Slope-Intercept Form Worksheet - Chapter 4 Page 2
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ACTIVITY:
Describing a Parallelogram
Work with a partner.
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Find the area of each parallelogram.
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Analyze Givens
Write an equation that represents each side of each parallelogram.
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ACTIVITY:
Interpreting the Slope and the y-Intercept
Work with a partner. The graph
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Car Trip
shows a trip taken by a car, where
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distance (in miles) from Phoenix.
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a. Find the y-intercept of the graph.
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What does it represent?
b. Find the slope of the graph.
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c. How long did the trip last?
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d. How far from Phoenix was the
car at the end of the trip?
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e. Write an equation that
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
How can you write an equation of a line when you
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are given the slope and the y-intercept of the line? Give an example that is
different from those in Activities 1, 2, and 3.
5. Two sides of a parallelogram are represented by the equations y = 2x + 1
and y = − x + 3. Give two equations that can represent the other two sides.
Use what you learned about writing equations in slope-intercept
form to complete Exercises 3 and 4 on page 182.
Section 4.6
Writing Equations in Slope-Intercept Form
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