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Write the equation of the linear function that passes through the point 9, − 11 and has a
 2 
5
slope of − . Show all work.
6
1) Find the b-value using substitution.

y=5/6x+2

2) Write the equation of the line. _______________________________________________________


3) Check the equation using substitution.

Write the equation of the linear function that passes through the two points
(−2, − 3.1) and (4, − 4.6). Show all work.
4) Find the slope by labeling the coordinates of the ordered pairs and then substituting the
values into the slope formula.
a. ( -2 , -3.1) and ( 4, , -4.6
)

b. m =

5) Substitute this calculated slope and the coordinates of the point(−2, − 3.1) into
y = mx + b to calculate the b-value.

b= 3.6

y=0.25/3.6x
6) Write the equation of the line. ______________________________________________________
7) Check the equation by substituting the coordinates of the other ordered pair.

(4,-.46) =yo.25.3,6x
Write the equation of the line passing through the values
x y
shown in the table. Show all work.
3
8) Find the slope by labeling the coordinates of the ordered 6 5
4
pair from row 2 and row 1 of the table and then substituting
1
the values into the slope formula. −4 4
2
a. ( , ) and ( , )
1
b. m = −7 4
8
(6, 5 3/4) (-4, 41/2

9) Substitute this calculated slope and the coordinates of row 1 into y = mx + b to find the
value of b.

y=1/8x+5

y=1/8x+5
10) Write the equation of the line. ______________________________________________________
11) Check the equation by substituting the coordinates of row 3.
Write the equation of the line passing through the points shown in the graph.
y
10

8
(−8, 7)
7

1
x
−10 −9 −8 −7 −6 −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
−1
(4, −2)
−2

−3

−4
(8, −5)
−5

−6

−7

−8

−9

−10

12) Draw a line through the three points, and then draw a right triangle above the line between
(8, − 5) and (−8, 7).
13) Substitute the values from the right triangle into the definition of slope for a graph.
m=

14) Using the graph, where does the y-intercept appear to be? ___________________________
15) Confirm the y-intercept by substituting the calculated slope and the coordinates of the
point (8, − 5) into y = mx + b to calculate the b-value.

y intercept is at 0,1

y=3/4x+1
16) Write the equation of the line. _______________________________________________________

17) Check the equation by substituting the coordinates of (4, − 2).

(4,-2 satisfies the equations

18) Confirm the equation with the graph by drawing two more similar right triangles beneath
the line. One triangle goes between (−8, 7) and (4, − 2), and the other between
(4, − 2) and (8, − 5). Then, circle and label the y-intercept.

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