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Grade 8 Math · Problem type
The signs of the slope and intercept
Use this for “Which line rises to the right and crosses the y-axis below 0?”
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What are the slope and intercept of the line?
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In y = mx + b, m is the slope and b the y-intercept.
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A positive slope rises to the right; a negative one falls; a zero slope is flat.
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The intercept is where the line crosses the y-axis: above 0 or below it.
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