Foundations of Math

Unit 4
Graphing Linear
Functions

Name: ______________________________________

Teacher: ______________________________ Period: ________

Keep track of homework, notes, or extra work space here!

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 WHAT is Slope?

The constant ______________ of _____________ between points on a line.

A __________of the ____________ to the ____________ of a line.

Known as variable ______.

Types of Slope

YEEK!

rise (vertical change )

FINDING SLOPE GIVEN A GRAPH
GRAPH m=
run (horizontal change )

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

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10. 11. 12.

13. 14. 15.

16. 17. 18.

19. 20. 21.

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Topic: Date:

Main Ideas/Questions Notes

Used to find the slope between two points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2)

Slope
Formula:
Formula

*It is important to remember to SIMPLIFY your answer!

1. (1, 1) and (4, 3) 2. (-2, 4) and (10, -2)
Examples:

Find the slope between

each pair of points.
3. (-4, 5) and (-8, -5) 4. (10, 0) and (-2, 4)

5. (5, 9) and (3, 9) 6. (-7, 8) and (-7, 5)

7. (-1, 9) and (2, 3) 8. (-4, 13) and (6, -2)

9. (5, 6) and (6, 5) 10. (9, -4) and (1, -4)

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11. (5, -9) and (3, -2) 12. (4, 6) and (4, 8)

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Name: _______________________________ Date: ___________
Unit 4: Slope Formula FOM

Slope Formula:

Directions: Use the slope formula to find the slope between the given two points.
1. (4, 3) and (1, 4) 2. (3, 2) and (5, 1) 3. (-11, 1) and (-2, 6)

4. (4, -3) and (8, -3) 5. (14, -8) and (7, -6) 6. (-5, -1) and (-7, 2)

Identify the slope and y-intercept:

1. y=3x+6 2.y=4x+6 3.y=2x+9

m= m= m=

b= b= b=

4.y=1/2x+5 5.y=3/2x+6 6. y=7x+9

m= m= m=

b= b= b=
7.y=-8x+2 8.y=-1/2x 9. y=-3/2x+2

m= m= m=

b= b= b=

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Name: ___________________________________ Unit 4: Linear Equations
Date: ________________________ Bell: ______ Homework 1: Slope

Given the graph, find the slope of the line.

y
1. y 2. y 3.
x

x x

m = _________ m = _________ m = _________

4. 5. 6.
y

m = _________ m = _________ m = _________

Use the slope formula to find the slope between the given two points.
7. (4, 9) and (1, 6) 8. (-4, -1) and (-2, -5) 9. (5, 3) and (5, -9)

10. (2, 1) and (8, 9) 11. (14, -8) and (7, -6) 12. (4, -3) and (8, -3)

13. (-7, -5) and (2, -8) 14. (-11, 1) and (-2, 6) 15. (-5, -1) and (-7, 2)

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Slope-Intercept Form: Standard Form:

Given equations in standard form, you must

m = ___________ b = _____________ convert them to slope-intercept form.

Examples:
Given the following information, write the 1. 2x + y = 3 2. 4x + 5y = -30
linear equation in slope-intercept form:

1. slope = 2; y-intercept = -1 ________________

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2. slope = − ; y-intercept = 4 ________________
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3. x – 3y = 12 4. x – y = -8
3. slope = -3; y-intercept = 2 _______________

4. slope = -1; y-intercept = 7 ________________

1 5. 4x – y = 0 6. 3x – 2y = 14
5. slope = ; y-intercept = 0 ________________
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6. slope = − y-intercept = -3 ________________
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 Directions: Solve the following problems. Match that answer to the correct letter of the alphabet.
Enter that letter of the alphabet on the blank corresponding to the problem number.

___ ___ ____ ____ ____ - ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
5 15 16 1 8 4 11 7 8 12 6 8 1 7

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ = ____ ____ + ____
10 16 12 14 4 5 2 14 13 3

A B C D E F G H I J K L M
-2/ 3 2 4 16 1 8 5 2/ 5 -2 -4 1/ 8 -12 1/ 3

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
5/ 2 5/ 3 -3/ 4 21 -3 3/ 2 -4/ 5 1/ 2 -1/ 4 -1/ 6 3 -1/ 3 -3/ 2

Rew rite all equations to slope-intercept form.

I dentify the slope:

1. 3x + 4y = 12 2. 2x + 6y = 18 3. 2x – y = 8 4. 6x + 3y = 6

5. 3x – 2y = 6 6. -4x + y = -1 7. 4x + 5y = 20 8. x – y = 1

9. x + 6y = 12

I dentify the y-intercept:

10. 4x + y = 8 11. 3x + 2y = 5 12. 3x – 4y = 12 13. x + 6y = 18

14. 2x + 6y = 2 15. y = 3x – 12 16. 4x + 9y = 15

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Name: ___________________________________ Unit 4: Linear Equations
Date: ________________________ Bell: ______ Homework 2: Slope-Intercept vs.
Standard Form

1. What is slope-intercept form? 1. _________________________________

2. What is standard form? 2. _________________________________

Given the following information, write the linear equation in slope-intercept form.
1 2
3. slope = ; y-intercept = -1 4. slope = − ; y-intercept = 0 5. slope = -1; y-intercept = 4
3 5

Convert the following from standard form to slope-intercept form.

6. 6x + 3y = 6 7. x + 2y = 4

8. x + y = -3 9. -2x + 3y = -6

10. 2x + y = -1 11. 5x – 2y = 14

12. 5x – y = -5 13. 4x + 3y = 12

14. 2x – 4y = 8 15. x + 3y = -3

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Unit 4: Graphing Linear Functions- Graphing Foundations of Math

Graphing with Calculator

Equation of a line:

Steps on calculator:
1. ____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________________________________________________
5. ____________________________________________________________________________________

Examples:

1. 𝑦𝑦 = 3𝑥𝑥 + 4 1
2. 𝑦𝑦 = 2 𝑥𝑥 + 2

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3. 3𝑥𝑥 − 2𝑦𝑦 = −6 4. 𝑥𝑥 + 2𝑦𝑦 = −6

5. 2𝑥𝑥 − 3𝑦𝑦 = 9 Show work for #5 HERE:

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 Graphing Linear Equations By Slope-Intercept

1. Put the equation in y = mx + b form.

2. Plot the y-intercept.
3. Use the slope to create more points.
4. Connect into a line!

Graph each linear equation using the slope-intercept method.

1. y = -x + 3 2. y = 3x – 4 2
3. y = x +2
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3 2 6. y = -2x + 4
4. y = − x +1 5. y = x −1
4 3

7. y = x – 4 1 9. y = 4x
8. y = − x+3
4

10. x + 2y = 4 11. 3x – 2y = -6
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12. x + y = -2 13. 5x – y = -5

14. 4x + 3y = 12 15. 2x – 4y = 8

16. x + 3y = -3 17. 6x – 5y = 15

18. 2x + y = 5 19. 10x – 8y = 24

20. 9x – 12y = 12 21. 3x + y = 0

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Writing Linear Equations GIVEN A GRAPH

Step 1: Identify the ___________ and ____-_______________

Step 2: Write the equation in slope-intercept form: ___________________

Some Examples…
Examples
1 2

·
·
·
·

m = _________ b = _________ m = _________ b = _________

Equation: __________________ Equation: __________________

3 4
y y

O x

O x

Equation: __________________ Equation: __________________

5 6
y
y

O x
O x
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Equation: __________________ Equation: __________________

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7 y
8 y

O x

O x

Equation: __________________ Equation: __________________

9 10 y
y

O x O x

Equation: __________________ Equation: __________________

11 12
y y

O x O x

Equation: __________________ Equation: __________________

13 Which graph represents the line y = 1 x − 2 ? 14 Which best represents the equation of the line?
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y y
A. 5 C. 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1

-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5 x -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 4 5 x
-1 -1
-2 -2
-3 -3
-4 -4
-5 -5

y y
B. 5 D. 5
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3 3
2 2
1 1
x x
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O
-1 1 2 3 4 5 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 O
-1 1 2 3 4 5
A. y = 2x ⫺ 1 C. y = -2x ⫺ 1
-2 -2
-3 -3
B. y = 1 x ⫺ 1
-4 -4 -1
-5 -5 D. y = x ⫺ 1
2 2
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Name: ___________________________________ Unit 4: Linear Equations
Date: ________________________ Bell: ______ Homework 3: Graphing Linear Equations
(Day 1)
** This is a 2-page document! **

Graph the following linear equations. Convert to slope-intercept when necessary.

2 1 3. y = 6x – 5
1. y = − x −3 2. y = x +2
5 2

4. y = -x + 1 3 5
5. y = − x 6. y = − x −3
4 4

7. 5x – 4y = -20 8. 2x – 10y = 20

9. x – y = -4 10. 6x – 2y = 10
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11. 3x + 4y = -12 12. 4x – y = 1

13. 12x + 8y = 24 14. 7x + 2y = 8

Write the linear equation given the graph.

15. 16.

Equation: __________________ Equation: __________________

17. 18.

Equation: __________________ Equation: __________________

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 Graphing By Intercepts
Yesterday, we learned how to graph a linear equation using it’s slope and y-intercept.
Today, we will graph using the x-intercept and y-intercept.

How is this done?

1. The equation must be in standard form! Ax + By = C

2. Cover up the _____-term and solve for ______.
This is called the x- intercept.
3. Cover up the _____-term and solve for ______.
This is called the y-intercept. Ax = C By = C

4. Plot both intercepts and connect!!

Practice! Find the x- and y-intercept, then graph the line.

1. 3x – 2y = -6 2. x + 2y = 4

3. x + y = 3 4. -4x + 5y = 20

5. 4x – y = -4 6. 9x + 15y = 45
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7. 10x + 2y = 10 8. 2x – 4y = -8

9. x – y = 1 10. 10x + 30y = -30

Vertical & Horizontal lines

There are two types of lines that are slightly different than the typical slant line.
These lines are horizontal lines and vertical lines.
11. x = 3 12. x = -5

13. y = -2 14. y = 4

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Date: ________________________ Bell: ______ Homework 4: Graphing Linear Equations
(Day 2)

** This is a 2-page document! **

Graph the following linear equations using the intercepts method.

1. 3x – y = -3 2. 5x + 3y = 15

3. x – 3y = 6 4. 10x + 8y = -40

5. 4x – 6y = 12 6. -3x + 6y = 12

7. -2x – 5y = 10 8. x – y = 5

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Graph the following horizontal and vertical lines.
9. y = -5 10. x = -1

11. x = 3 12. y = 8

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Topic: Date:

Main Ideas/Questions Notes

Used to write the equation of a line when given

a point (x1, y1) and the slope of the line (m)
The
Point-
Point-Slope Formula:
Formula

*Be sure to distribute and solve for y!

1. (4, 1); slope = 2 1

2. (2, 4); slope =
2
Examples!

Find the equation of

the line given
the point and slope.

2 3
3. (-6, 0); slope = 4. (-8, -1); slope = −
3 4

5. (4, -3); slope = -1 6. (0, -9); slope = 4

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 To write a linear equation given two points,
What if you (x1, y1) and (x2, y2), follow this process:

are given
Use the Slope Formula Use the Point-Slope Formula
Two Points?
Points?

7. (-3, 7) and (1, -1) 8. (-6, -7) and (3, -4)

Examples!

Find the equation of

the line given
the two points.

9. (2, -1) and (4, -6) 10. (-3, -8) and (2, 7)

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 Partner A: _________________________ Partner B: _________________________

WHY WAS THE CAT KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL?

Either given a point and a slope, or two points, write each equation in slope-intercept form.
Partner A should do the left side and Partner B should do the right side. One will have a letter and the other a
number. Write the number in the matching numbered box at the bottom of the page.

Set 1
2 8. (2, -2); slope = 1 _______________________
E. (-3, 0); slope = _______________________
3
3
H. (6, 2) and (-3, -7) _______________________ 3. (4, 1); slope = _______________________
2

S. (-4, -6) and (3, 8) _______________________ 10. (3, 4) and (-6, -2) _______________________

W. (-2, -8) and (6, 4) _______________________ 5. (-3, -4); slope = 2 _______________________

Set 2
4 1
A. (-9, 17); slope = − _______________________ 12. (-4, -5); slope = _______________________
3 2

C. (-3, 9) and (0, 1) _______________________ 6. (3, 1) and (9, -7) _______________________

E. (1, -8); slope = -1 _______________________ 8

7. (3, -7); slope = − _______________________
3

A. (2, -2) and (8, 1) _______________________ 2. (5, -12) and (-3, -4) _______________________

Set 3
H. (-12, 4) and (0, 2) _______________________ 9. (-6, -4) and (12, 11) _______________________

5 7
E. (6, 6); slope = _______________________ 4. (2, -8); slope = − _______________________
6 2

H. (-8, -4) and (4, -7) _______________________ 11. (5, 1) and (10, 5) _______________________

4 1
T. (-5, -7); slope = _______________________ 13. (6, 1); slope = − _______________________
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A. (-4, 13) and (-2, 6) _______________________ 1

1. (-4, -5); slope = − _______________________
4

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

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Name: ___________________________________ Unit 4: Linear Equations
Date: ________________________ Bell: ______ Homework 5: Writing Linear Equations
(Given Point & Slope)

Directions: Given the point and slope, write the equation of the line.
1. (4, 2); slope = 3 2. (0, 3); slope = -2

3. (1, -7); slope = -1 3

4. (-5, -3); slope = −
5

1 2
5. (-8, 6); slope = 6. (9, -4); slope = −
4 3

5 3
7. (6, -6); slope = 8. (-8, 9); slope = −
6 2

1
9. (-2, -11); slope = 4 10. (-4, 0); slope =
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Name: ___________________________________ Unit 4: Linear Equations
Date: ________________________ Bell: ______ Homework 6: Writing Linear Equations
(Given Two Points)

Directions: Write a linear equation given the two points.

1. (-4, -2) and (4, 0) 2. (3, 4) and (0, 5)

3. (0, 1) and (5, 3) 4. (2, -2) and (0, -1)

5. (0, 5) and (-5, 1) 6. (1, 3) and (-3, -5)

7. (1, 4) and (6, -1) 8. (3, 3) and (1, -3)

9. (-12, 14) and (6, -1) 10. (-1, 4) and (0, -1)
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 Linear Equation Word Problems

Slope-
Slope-Intercept: Use when given a rate of change (_____) and a starting point (______)

1. You and your friends plan to attend the county fair this weekend. The admission to the fair is $5 and the
cost per ride is 50¢. If your parents gave you $20, write and solve a linear equation to find how many
rides you can go on.

2. While your family is visiting Deep Creek Lake, you and your mother decide to go boating. The rangers
charge $6.50 per hour in addition to a $25.00 deposit to rent a canoe. If you wish to rent the canoe from
12:30 to 3:30 PM, write and solve a linear equation to find the total cost to rent the canoe.

3. Your parents have decided to buy a new Toyota 4Runner for $25,635. According to the dealer, the car
will depreciate in value approximately $3,000 per year. Write and solve a linear equation to find how
many years until the car is worth $3,135?

4. If you buy a car wash at the gas station for $5.00, the cost per gallon is $3.10. If you have $40, write and
solve a linear equation to find the number of gallons of gas you can afford.

Standard Form:
Form: Use when the problem relates _______ _________________ _______________

5. Sam ordered 2 tacos and 3 enchiladas for lunch at the restaurant. His bill came to $7.80. If enchiladas
were $2 each, write and solve a linear equation to find the cost of each taco.
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6. Tickets at a school play cost $4 in advance or $5 at the door. Total ticket sales for an evening production
were $440. If no tickets were sold in advance, write and solve a linear equation to find the how many
were sold at the door.

7. Karen’s piggy bank has all dimes and quarters. The total value of the money in her piggy bank is $11.40.
If Karen has 36 quarters, write and solve a linear equation to find the number of dimes she has.

8. The Madison High School Marching Band sold gift wrap to earn money for a band trip. Solid color gift
wrap sells for $4 per roll and printed gift wrap sells for $6 per roll. The band needs to earn $2340 for an
upcoming competition. If the band sells 340 rolls of printed paper, write and solve a linear equation to
find the number of solid paper they must sell.

Point-
Point-Slope:
Slope: Use when the problem gives a sample point _________and a rate of change ( _____)

9. At Eagle Bay, it costs $10 per hour to rent a canoe. Nick and his friends rented a canoe for 3 hours and
paid $45. Write and solve a linear equation to find the cost to rent the canoe for 8 hours.

10. A construction company charges $15 per hour for debris removal, plus a one-time fee for the use of the
trash dumpster. The total fee for 9 hours of service was $195. Write and solve a linear equation to find
the one-time fee for the trash dumpster.
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11. A company offers premium cable for $39.95 per month plus a one-time setup fee. The total cost for
setup and 6 months of service was $264.70. Write and solve a linear equation to find the total cost for
2 years of service.

12. A home security company provides security systems for $5 per week, plus an installation fee. The total
fee for 12 weeks of service is $210. Write and solve a linear equation to find the cost of the installation
fee.

Two Points: The problem gives two sample points (____________) and (____________)

13. To surf the internet for 25 minutes at an Internet Café, it costs $7.25. For 40 minutes, it costs $9.80.
Write and solve a linear equation to find the cost for surfing the web for one hour.

14. Water boils at 100o Celsius or 212o Fahrenheit. Water freezes at 0o Celsius or 32o Fahrenheit. If the
weather forecaster says it will be 25o Celsius today, write and solve a linear equation to find what
Fahrenheit temperature this is.

15. The value of a car decreases at a constant rate. After 3 years, the value of the car is $15,000. After 2
more years, the value of the car is $11,000. Write and solve a linear equation to find the value of the car
after 8 years.
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 16. Customers of a satellite dish company must pay for installation of the dish, and a monthly fee for
service. After 6 months, Jack had paid $594. After 11 months, he had paid $989. Write and solve a
linear equation to find the cost for installation.

Now…
Now You determine which type!

17. You are buying $48 worth of two types of lawn seed. Ryegrass lawn seed sells for $0.70 per pound and
Fescue lawn seed sells for $1.15 per pound. If you bought 25 pounds of Fescue lawn seed, write and solve
a linear equation to find the amount of Ryegrass lawn seed purchased.

18. Jeff is keeping track of his weight over several weeks. After 2 weeks, he weighs 194 pounds. After 6
weeks, he weighs 186 pounds. Write and solve a linear equation to find Jeff’s weight after 12 weeks.

19. A landscape supply business charges $30 to deliver mulch. The cost of the mulch is $23 per cubic yard.
Write and solve a linear equation to find the cost of having 8 cubic yards of mulch delivered to a site.

20. Karen used a birthday check her mother gave her to start a savings account. She plans to save $25 per
month as well. After 8 months, Karen has $250. Write and solve a linear equation to find the original check
amount from Karen’s mother.
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Name: ___________________________________ Unit 4: Linear Equations
Date: ________________________ Bell: ______ Homework 7: Linear Equation Word Problems
(Day 1)
** This is a 2-page document! **

Slope-Intercept Applications (y = mx + b)
1. For a new customer, a video store charges $10 for a rental card plus $2 per movie. Write and solve a
linear equation to find the cost for a new customer to rent 6 movies.

2. Carla has already written 10 pages of a novel. She plans to write 15 additional pages per month until
she is finished. Write and solve a linear equation to find the total number of pages written at 5
months.

3. The late fee for library books is $2.00 plus 15¢ each day for a book that is late. If Monica’s late fee is
$2.75, write and solve a linear equation to find how many days late her book is.

4. A group of mountain climbers begin an expedition with 270 pounds of food. They plan to eat a total
of 15 pounds of food per day. Write and solve a linear equation to find the number of days their
food will last.

Standard Form Applications (Ax + By = C)

5. The admission fee at a small fair is $1.50 for children and $4.00 for adults. On a certain day, $5,050
is collected. If 1,000 adults attended the fair, write and solve a linear equation to find the number of
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6. A landscaping company ordered 13 plants and 4 trees for a total of $487. If plants are $8 each, write
and solve a linear equation to find the cost for each tree.

7. A road side vegetable stand sells pumpkins for $5 each and tomatoes for $3 each. The total sales on
a certain day was $98. If they sold 10 pumpkins, write and solve a linear equation to find the number
of tomatoes sold.

8. A tire dealer sells Supreme tires for $48 each and Prestige tires for $56 each. During one week, the
sales for both tires totaled $2008. If 11 Prestige tires were sold, write and solve a linear equation to
find the number of Supreme tires sold.

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Given…
iven

The slope and

y-intercept

1
slope = ; y-intercept = -5
3

Standard Form

4x – 2y = 14

A Graph

A Point and Slope

(-1, 3); slope = -3

Two Points
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Name: _______________________________ Date: ___________
Unit 4: Slope-Intercept form FOM

Slope Intercept Form:

M=
B=

PracticeJ
1. 2x+y=3 2. 4x+5y=-30 3. x-3y+12

4. 5x-y=-5 5. 4x+3y=12 6. 2x-4y=8

7. x+3y=-3 8.10x-8y=24 9. 9x-12y=12

10. 3x+y=0 11. 2x-4y=8 12. x+y=-2

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Unit 4: Graphing by hand OR calculator FOM
1. y=2x+3 2. y=x-5 3. y=2x+2

4. 2y=4x+4 5. 3x+2y=6 6. x+3y=8

7. 4y-3x=8 8. 2x-4y=12 9. x+3y=9

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Name: _______________________________ Date: ___________
Unit 4: Graphing by hand OR calculator FOM
Writing Equations from a Graph
1. m= b= 2.m= b= 3. m= b=

Equation: Equation: Equation:

4. m= b= 5. m= b= 6. m= b=

Equation: Equation: Equation:

7. m= b= 8. m= b= 9. m= b=

Equation: Equation: Equation:

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