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5. Linear Equations, Proportional Relationships & Lines
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Grade 8

5.06 Describing the slope of a line

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What kind of slope does the following line have?

 

A Cartesian coordinate system with tick marks placed at regular intervals along the horizontal and vertical axes. A blue dot is positioned at the origin. A horizontal line extends through the first and second quadrants parallel to the x-axis.

Negative

A

Zero

B

Positive

C

Undefined

D
Easy
< 1min

What kind of slope does the following line have?

Easy
< 1min

What kind of slope does the following line have?

Easy
< 1min

What kind of slope does the following line have?

Easy
< 1min
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Outcomes

8.EE.6

Use similar triangles to explain why the slope m is the same between any two distinct points on a non-vertical line in the coordinate plane; derive the equation y = mx for a line through the origin and the equation y = mx b for a line intercepting the vertical axis at b.

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