X and Y-Intercepts

1. Find the x- and y-intercepts of these equations, and graph them.

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a. 2x + 5y = 10 b. 4x − 2y = 8 c. x=y+2
2

2 1
d. x+ y=1 e. y = −2x − 4 f. 15x − 25y = 75
5 2

2. Find the x- and y-intercepts of the equations

a. 6x − 49y = 77 b. y = 45x − 56 c. −7y = 12x + 84

d. ax + by = c e. y = 2kx + 2b f. y − a = 3x − b

3. What should the value of s be so that the y-intercept of

the line y = 2x + 2s is a) 2 b) −4 ?

4. a. Find a value of m so that the line mx − 2y = 1 passes

through the point (3, 0).
b. Find a value of n so that the line nx + ny + 20 = 0 passes
through the point (0, 4).

5. Find a value of m so that the triangle enclosed by the line x + y = m

and the coordinate axes will have an area of 200 square units.

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 Slope
1. Find the slope of the lines (a) - (f).

2. Find the slope of the line when two points on it

are given.

a. (4, 6) and (7, 9) b. (1, 1) and (5, −2)

c. (−4, −5) and (−2, −9) d. (−1, 6) and (4, 1)

e. (0, 5) and (−1, 5) f. (2, 7) and (−2, 7)

g. (3, 0) and (3, 6) h. (1, 5) and (−2, −4)

3. Draw a line that goes through the given point

and has the given slope.

a. (2, 3) with slope 2

b. (1, −1) with slope −1/2

c. (−4, 3) with slope −3

d. (−4, −5) with slope 9/2

e. (4, 3) with slope 8/5

f. (−6, 4) with slope −7/3

4. Determine the value of r so that the line through the two points has the given slope.

1 2
a. (1, r) and (5, 8); slope b. (r, 2) and (3, 10); slope
2 3

7
c. (r, −1) and (2, −5); slope −2 d. (−7, 6) and (2, r); slope −
9

5. a. The grade or steepness of a hill is 7%. How many feet

does such a road rise in 2 miles?

b. If a downhill road drops 240 feet during 1 mile, what is

its slope? Give your answer as percent.

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 The Slope-Intercept Form / Parallel Lines 1
1. Find the slope and the y-intercept of the graph of each equation.

1 3
a. y = x+2 b. y = −3x −
2 5

6
c. y = − x d. y = −5
7

2. Write the equations of the lines (a) - (e)

in slope-intercept form.

3. Write the equations in the slope-intercept form.

Then graph the lines using the empty grid on the right.

a. 2y = 4 + 6x

b. 8x + 2y = 5

3
c. x − 2y = −
4

1 1
d. 4 = x+ y
2 2

4. Which of the graphs of the equations in exercises

(1), (2) and (3) above are parallel with each other?

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5. Write the equation of the line that satisfies the given requirements, in slope-intercept form.
a. goes through the point (0, −2) and is
parallel to the graph of 6y − 8x = 2.

b. slope is 3; y-intercept the same as

the graph of 2x − y = 10.

c. no slope; passes through the point (2, 4).

d. y-intercept −1 and is parallel to the graph of y = 4.

6. Determine the value of r so that the graph of the equation fulfills the given requirement.
a. (r − 1)x + 2y = 0; parallel with the graph of 3x − 5y = 4.

b. 2rx + 5y + 5 = 0; parallel with the graph of y − 4 = 0.

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 The Slope-Intercept Form / Parallel Lines 2
1. Write the equation of the line that satisfies the given requirements, in slope-intercept form.
a. goes through the point (0, −2) and is
parallel to the graph of 6y − 8x = 2.

b. slope is 3; y-intercept the same as

the graph of 2x − y = 10.

c. no slope; passes through the point (2, 4).

d. y-intercept −1 and is parallel to the graph of y = 4.

2. Determine the value of r so that the graph of the equation fulfills the given requirement.
a. (r − 1)x + 2y = 0; parallel with the graph of 3x − 5y = 4.

b. 2rx + 5y + 5 = 0; parallel with the graph of y − 4 = 0.

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 The Point-Slope and Standard Forms
1. Compare the following equations with the point-slope form of a linear equation
y − y= m(x − x1), and tell which point (x1, y1) the graphs go through.
1 2 6
a. y − = 3(x − 3) b. y − (−3) = −3(x + 2) c. y + = 4(x + )
2 5 5

d. y = 8(x + 1) e. y = 5x − 5 f. y + 4 = 6x

2. Write the equations (a) - (f) in the problem 1 in the standard form.

3. Write the equation of the line passing through the given

point and having the given slope m. Graph the lines.

a. (4, 6); m = 2

b. (−5, −2); m = 1/2

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c. (−3, 0); m = −
4
8
d. (0,−2); m =
5

4. a. Find the slope of a line that passes through

the points (−3, 2) and (1, 4).

b. Write the equation of that line.

Use the point-slope form.

5. Determine the equation of the line passing through each pair of points.
Give your answer in the standard form.

a. (−2, 7) and (5,4) b. (−3, −8) and (−1, 0)

2 12
c. (2, ) and (4, ) d. (0, 5) and (8, −3)
5 5

6. What is the y-intercept of the graph of y − y1 = m(x − x1) ?

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 Writing Linear Equations
1. Write the equation of the line that satisfies the given requirements. Use the form that is the most
appropriate based on the given data.
a. passes through the point (2, −1) and has slope 5.
Slope-intercept form

3 1
y = mx + b
b. has slope − and y-intercept − .
8 2
Point-slope form
y − y1 = m(x − x1)
c. passes through the points (−5, 5) and (2, −7).
Note: This is also useful if
you are given two points the
2. The equations are given in standard form. line passes through. Just
Write them in the slope-intercept form. calculate the slope first.
a. 4x + y = −1
Standard form
b. 6x − 3y = 5
Ax + By = C
c. sx + (s − 1)y = −2

3. Write the equation of the line that satisfies the given requirements. Give your final answer
in the slope-intercept form.
1
a. slope − ; passes through the point (0,−3)
2
b. has x-intercept 7 and y-intercept −1
c. passes through the points (2, −2) and (−7, −5)
d. passes through the origin and is parallel to the line 2x + y = 4.
e. has no slope and passes through the point (1, 3)
f. is horizontal and passes through the point (2, 12)

4. Determine the equations of the lines (a) - (f).

Write them in the standard form.

5. Determine the value s so that the graph of

the equation passes through the given point.

a. sx + 3y − 2 = 0; (1, 5)

b. 3x − sy = 4; (2, −2)

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 Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
1. Three lines are perpendicular to the line s,
with equal "space" between them.

a. Find the equation of the line s.

b. Find the equations of the three lines perpendicular to it.

Give you answers in slope-intercept form.

2. Similar to the problem above, draw a line t with the equation

y = −1/3x + 3. Then draw three lines that are perpendicular
to it and write their equations.

3. Of the equations below, find the two whose graphs are parallel
and the two whose graphs are perpendicular to each other.
1 1
a. y = 5x − 1 b. 1 = x+y c. x − 5y − 10 = 0 d. x − y+2=0
5 5

4. Write the equation of the line that satisfies the given requirements.
1
a. is parallel to the line 2x + y = − ; passes through the point (0, 2)
2

b. is perpendicular to the line y = 3x − 1 and passes through the point (0, 0)

c. is parallel to the line 6x = 4y and passes through the point (−3, −5)
3
d. is perpendicular to the line y = − x + 7; passes through the point (1, 6)
5

5. Determine if the triangle with vertices (2, 5), (4, 0), and (0, −2)
is a right triangle.

6. Points A(-1, 4) and B(5, 1) are two vertices of the rectangle ABCD.
The other two lie on the line m with equation 2y + x + 1 = 0.

Find the equations of the lines in standard form that go through

the points A and D, the points A and B, and the points B and C.

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