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vocab 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| constant of variation | The constant ratio in a direct variation. It is also called the constant of proportonality |
| constant rate of change | The rate of change between any two points in a linear relationship is the same or constant. |
| corresponding parts | Parts of congruent or similar figures that are in the same relitive postition. |
| direct variation | A relationship between two variables quantities with a constant ratio. A proportonile linear relastionship. |
| initial value | The starting value in a real world situation in which an equation can be written. The y-intercept of a linear expression. |
| linear equation | an a equation with a graph that is a straight line. |
| linear relationship | A relationship for which the graph is a straight line. |
| rate of change | A rate that describes how one quantity changes in relation to anouther quantitiy. |
| rise | The vertical change between any two points on a line |
| run | The horizontal change between any two points on a line, |
| similar figures | Figures that have the same shape but are not nsscacariley the same size. |
| slope | The rate change between any two points on a line. Then ratio of the rise , or vertical change, to the run, or horizantles |
| slope-intercept form | an equation written in the form y=mx+b, Where m is the sslope and b id the y intercept. |
| slope triangles | right triangles that fall on the same line on the corradonite plane |
| solution | the answer to the problem. |
| y-intercept | the y coorodonite of the point where the line cossesvt he y axsis. |