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8-6 Skills Practice

Slope-Intercept Form

Lesson 8-6
State the slope and the y-intercept for the graph of each equation.
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1. y ! 12x " 4 2. y ! ##x $ 3 3. 3x " y ! 6
4
1
12; !4 ##; 3 3; !6
4
Given the slope and y-intercept, graph each line.
1 2
4. slope ! "2, 5. slope ! ##, 6. slope ! ##,
2 3
y-intercept ! 2
y-intercept ! 4 y-intercept ! "3
y y y

2x 2 1
y y x+ 4
2

O x O x O x

2
y x 3
3

Graph each equation using the slope and y-intercept.

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7. y ! 5x " 1 8. y ! ##x $ 4 9. y ! "x $ 2
2
y y y

1
y x+ 4 y x 2
2

O x O x O x

y 5x 1

10. y ! 2x $ 2 11. y ! "4x $ 2 12. y ! x " 3

y y y

y 2x 2 y 4x 2 y x 3

O x O x O x

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