SSAT Middle Level Math : How to find a line on a coordinate plane

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for SSAT Middle Level Math

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例子问题tions

例子问题tion #1 :Geometry

Give the slope of the line that passes throughand.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

解释:

Use the slope formula, substituting:

例子问题tion #1 :Geometry

Give the slope of a line that passes throughand.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

解释:

Using the slope formula, substituting,,, and:

Subtract to get:

Cancel out the negative signs to get:

例子问题tion #1 :Coordinate Geometry

Give the slope of a line that passes throughand.

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Correct answer:

解释:

Using the slope formula with,,,:

Subtract to get:

例子问题tion #4 :Geometry

Give the slope of the line that passes throughand.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

解释:

Using the slope formula for

,,, and:

Combine the negative signs to get:

Subtract and add to get:

Reduce to get:

例子问题tion #2 :How To Find A Line On A Coordinate Plane

Give the slope of a line that passes throughand.

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Correct answer:

解释:

Using the slope formula, whereis the slope,, and:

例子问题tion #6 :Geometry

Find the slope of the line that passes through the pointsand

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Cannot be determined

Correct answer:

解释:

Using the slope formula, whereis the slope,, and:

例子问题tion #7 :Geometry

Find the slope of a line with pointsand.

Possible Answers:

Cannot be determined

Correct answer:

解释:

Using the slope formula, whereis the slope,, and:

例子问题tion #21 :Graphing

Billy set up a ramp for his toy cars. He did this by taking a wooden plank and putting one end on top of a brick that was 3 inches high. He then put the other end on top of a box that was 9 inches high. The bricks were 18 inches apart. What is the slope of the plank?

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Correct answer:

解释:

The value of the slope (m) is rise over run, and can be calculated with the formula below:

The coordinates of the first end of the plank would be (0,3), given that this is the starting point of the plank (so x would be 0), and y would be 3 since the brick is 3 inches tall.

The coordinates of the second end of the plank would be (18,9) since the plank is 18 inches long (so x would be 18) and y would be 9 since the box was 9 inches tall at the other end.

From this information we know that we can assign the following coordinates for the equation:

and

Below is the solution we would get from plugging this information into the equation for slope:

This reduces to

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