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• Expressions
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• Quadratic Equations
• Polynomials & Factoring

Trigonometry

Slope as a Rate

Description – Review rate and explore the concept of slope as a rate. Uses speed and changes in altitude as examples. Learn to turn a verbal model into slope (rate) calculation problems.

Activities – Multimedia Tutorial

 Objectives

• Learn about rates as a ratio of two quantities
• Identify slope as a rate
• Identify slopes in a verbal model
• Value of the slope from verbal model
• Calculate the slope from a graph
• Calculate the slope from function data collections
• Reviews slope as vertical change over horizontal change, and relates these to other physical quantities

Tags

writing linear equations, slope, slope intercept, word problems

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