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Section 2.2
Equations of Lines
Important Topics
Find an equation of a line given 2 points
Find an equation of a line given a slope and point
Convert point-slope form of an equation to slope-intercept form
Given a graphical representation of a line find an equation
Write an equation of a vertical or horizontal line
Given a table of ordered pairs that is exactly linear, find an equation of the line that passes through the points
Given real data find a linear function that models the data using linear regression on your calculator
Predict
y
values for given
x
values
Understand the difference between the terms interpolation and extrapolation
Given a symbolic representation of a line determine the
x
- and
y
-intercepts
Given a symbolic representation of a line, graph the equation
Given the graph of a relationship between two variables, interpret the slope,
x
- and
y
-intercept
Solve application problems
Solve application problems involving direct variation
Understand the term “constant of proportionality” or “constant of variation”
Calculator Skills
Find the
x
-intercept on a graph using the zero command in the CALC menu
Find the
y
-intercept on a graph using the value command in the CALC menu
or Y1(0) from the home screen
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