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Chapter 5 Quiz 1
Form G
Lessons 5-1 through 5-4
Do you know HOW?
Find the slope of the line that passes through each pair of points.
1. (–2, 5), (8, –4) 2. (6, 7), (2, 4)
3. (–4, –5), (–3, –9) 4. (6, –2), (–3, 7)
5. At 6:00 A.M., there were 800,000 gallons of water remaining in a reservoir. After 8
hours of irrigation, there were 100,000 gallons of water remaining. Write a linear
equation that describes the number of gallons of water remaining as a function of the
time the field had been irrigated.
Write an equation for the line that passes through the given point with the given
slope m.
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6. (10, 1); m = 7. (–9, 8); m = –5 8. (–4, –5); undefined slope
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9. Write an equation for the line that passes through the points (–2, 2) and (2, –
8).
Do you UNDERSTAND?
10. Writing Explain the difference between a rate of change that is positive and
one that is negative. Give an example of each.
11. Reasoning If y varies directly with x and x increases by 2, is it possible to
determine by how much y increases or decreases? Explain.
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