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• Expressions
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• Solving Linear Equations
• Graphing Linear Equations
• Writing Linear Equations
• System of Linear Equations
• Exponents & Powers
• Quadratic Equations
• Polynomials & Factoring

Trigonometry

Writing Linear Equations from Points

Description – Writing a linear equation in slope-intercept form given verbal models with a rate and a point or a slope and a point. Writing a slope-intercept equation given two points. Uses factory production rates as a verbal model.

Activities – Multimedia Tutorial

 Objectives

• From a verbal model writing a linear equation
• Identify the two points in a verbal model
• Use substitution to calculate the lines slope with slope-intercept form
• Identifying the axel variables in a verbal model
• Calculate the lines y-intercept give the two points, by solving a linear equation
• Writing a linear equation of form y = mx + b from a graph
• Learn to check your answer by graphing the derived equation

Tags

writing linear equations, slope, slope intercept, word problems

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