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Confused about the answer for the slope in the graph.
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Confused about the answer for the slope in the graph.

I understand how to work out the problem, I just don't get how they received 1/2 as the answer.

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gaah, imageshack. Stupid site won't let me view the pics. Can you host 'em somewhere else?

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Sure thing. Hope photobucket works.

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count it out 1 over 2 means up one over two because the slope equation is
y1-y2
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Just look at the line. It goes up one and over two. Like, suppose you're on that graph and you want to get one unit up, but you're only allowed to walk on the line. To get one unit up, you have to simultaneously go 2 units right.

Arbitrary conventions: right is positive, left is negative; up is positive, down is negative; slope is a fraction with the up/down being the numerator and the right/left being the denominator.

Therefore: The slope is 1/2.

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Thanks guys, appreciate the help.

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This is from fucking sixth grade. Holy shit
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No, this is high school. For some reason, the gubment doesn't think 6th graders can handle graphing.

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Prince Rilian Wrote:No, this is high school. For some reason, the gubment doesn't think 6th graders can handle graphing.
I remember seeing that in 7th grade. Maybe because the teacher included it because he wanted to... I dunno. I also took Algebra 1 on middle school. I guess stuff is different in different places.

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I knew it in 7th grade, but It was part of a advanced kind of thing.

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Comrade Wrote:count it out 1 over 2 means up one over two because the slope equation is
y1-y2
x1-x2

This.

Or you could do it the lazy way and count how many units the line shifts up or down (down is negative) and divide it by how units the line shifts to the left or right (left is negative). Which is this case would be 2/4 or 1/2.

Protip: if the line shifts both down and to the left, the answer is positive.
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Lunatic Wrote:
Prince Rilian Wrote:No, this is high school. For some reason, the gubment doesn't think 6th graders can handle graphing.
I remember seeing that in 7th grade. Maybe because the teacher included it because he wanted to... I dunno. I also took Algebra 1 on middle school. I guess stuff is different in different places.
Yes, I took algebra 1 in middle school, too, but it is a "high school" class. Those who take it in middle school are "advanced".

But of course it depends on the state (in usa) because school curriculum is decided by state gobt. I'm only really familiar with texas's standards.

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Prince Rilian Wrote:
Lunatic Wrote:
Prince Rilian Wrote:No, this is high school. For some reason, the gubment doesn't think 6th graders can handle graphing.
I remember seeing that in 7th grade. Maybe because the teacher included it because he wanted to... I dunno. I also took Algebra 1 on middle school. I guess stuff is different in different places.
Yes, I took algebra 1 in middle school, too, but it is a "high school" class. Those who take it in middle school are "advanced".

But of course it depends on the state (in usa) because school curriculum is decided by state gobt. I'm only really familiar with texas's standards.

It depends on what track you're placed in during middle school.

Honors/advanced students may see this as early as fifth grade
Academic/regular students will see it in 8th or 9th grade
Core/remedial students may not see it until 10th grade or later
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Ayliana Wrote:It depends on what track you're placed in during middle school.

Honors/advanced students may see this as early as fifth grade
Academic/regular students will see it in 8th or 9th grade
Core/remedial students may not see it until 10th grade or later
None of the schools I went to said anything like that. In fact, some texas schools don't let you take the classes ahead of time, no matter what. But the last one I went to would give a placement test and let you take high school classes as early as 7th grade, but they wouldn't let you get more than 2 years ahead.

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Prince Rilian Wrote:
Ayliana Wrote:It depends on what track you're placed in during middle school.

Honors/advanced students may see this as early as fifth grade
Academic/regular students will see it in 8th or 9th grade
Core/remedial students may not see it until 10th grade or later
None of the schools I went to said anything like that. In fact, some texas schools don't let you take the classes ahead of time, no matter what. But the last one I went to would give a placement test and let you take high school classes as early as 7th grade, but they wouldn't let you get more than 2 years ahead.

Each state is different. But I know most of the New England states will use a tracking system like this for math, English, and Foriegn Language. Which is fucked up because schools refuse to track people into Voc Ed where they'll learn a job skill but they'll put them in core where they learn absolutely nothing.
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