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Alg Lesson 4-2

This document contains practice problems about rate of change and slope. It includes examples of finding the rate of change between two points on a graph or table, determining if a function is linear, finding the slope of a line between two points, and finding an unknown coordinate given the slope and a point. The document also has a word problem about finding the slope of a roof.

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Alg Lesson 4-2

This document contains practice problems about rate of change and slope. It includes examples of finding the rate of change between two points on a graph or table, determining if a function is linear, finding the slope of a line between two points, and finding an unknown coordinate given the slope and a point. The document also has a word problem about finding the slope of a roof.

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NAME _____________________________________________ DATE ____________________________ PERIOD ____________

Extra Practice
Rate of Change and Slope
Example 1
Find the rate of change of the function by using two points from the table.
1. 2.
x y x y

1 15 2 5

2 11 4 8

3 7 6 11

4 3 8 14

Example 2
3. ZOO The graph shows the number of visitors at the zoo
during different hours of one day.
a. Find the rate of change in the number of visitors
between 10 A.M. and 12 P.M. and describe its meaning
in the context of the situation.

b. Find the rate of change in the number of visitors


between 1 P.M. and 2 P.M. and describe its meaning in
the context of the situation.

Examples 3 and 4
Determine whether the function is linear. If it is, state the rate of change.
4. 5.
x 2 4 6 8 10 x −4 −2 0 2 4

y 11 12 14 18 26 y –7 –2 3 8 13

Rate of Change and Slope Extra Practice


NAME _____________________________________________ DATE ____________________________ PERIOD ____________

Examples 5–8
Find the slope of the line that passes through each pair of points.
6. (5, 7), (1, –3) 7. (4, –4), (6, –4) 8. (–1, –4), (3, –5)

12. (2, 11), (6, –3) 13. (4, –2), (8, –2) 14. (2, –7), (2, 7)

15. (–5, 5), (0, 2) 16. (1, –8), (5, –3) 17. (3, 1), (9, 1)

Example 9
Find the value of r so the line that passes through each pair of points has the given slope.
3 2
18. (𝑟, 7), (3, 4), 𝑚 = − 19. (1, 𝑟), (7, 5), 𝑚 =
5 3

Example 10
20. CONSTRUCTION A construction company is building a roof on a house. The horizontal distance
from the edge of the roof to the peak is 25 feet. The vertical distance from the edge of the roof
to the peak is 6.25 feet. What is the slope of the roof?

Rate of Change and Slope Extra Practice

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