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y = mx + b
Term | Definition |
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y intercept | The starting value. The point at which the line crosses the y axis. The value of y when x is zero. |
slope | The steepness of a line. |
The rate of change. | slope |
m | slope in a linear equation |
b | y intercept in a linear equation |
function | is a rule or relation such that for every input there is only one output. |
input | independent variable (x) or what goes into a function |
output | dependent variable (y) of what comes out of a function |
range | set of all outputs |
domain | set of all inputs |
y intercept in a table | the y-value when x=0 |
what the slope when there is no number in front of x | 1 |
what the y intercept is when there is no y intercept | 0 |
zero slope | when the slope of an equation or line is equal to zero and produces a horizontal line |