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yvonne and her friends held a bake sale to benefit a shelter for homeless people. the friends sold 22 cakes on the first day and 15 cakes on the second day of the bake sale. they collected $88 on the first day and $60 on the second day. Let x represent the number of cakes sold and y represent the amount of money made. find the slope of the line that would pass through the points given
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Why does the m stand for slope and b for y intercept?
NOBODY know for sure! Some say it is because the word slope used to be called a modulus and m is for modulus, but that has not been proven. Many historians have tried to answer this question, but all their theories have been proven false. You can come up with many other reasons, but I would not go down that slippery slope. ---Addendum to answer: Descartes was french. In french, monter means "to climb." Most websites will cite this as the reason that m stands for slope. M stands for slope for either the reason that it stands for the original word modulus of slope, or the French word monter, meaning to climb, but no one really knows for sure. B does not stand for anything due to the fact that in math terms- a, b, and c are usually used for constants while x, y, and z are variables, and m, n, and p are parameters. - Paladin89
What another word for roof slope?
Pitch
What is another word for slope but beginning with G?
Gradient
What is another word for angle?
slant, slope, gradient?
Why is m used in the slope formula?
what we now call just the "slope" was once called the "modulus of slope", the word "modulus" being used in its sense of "number used to measure" (as in "Young's modulus").
What word does the m stand for in slope intercept form?
Modulus.
What word does the m stand for in slope-intercept form?
m stands for "modulus of slope"; modulus means "number used to measure." We now call the slope just simply "slope" but still use "m" to indicate it in the formula.
Two distinct lines with the same slope are?
the slope-intercept form of an equation is written as: Y=Mx+B where m is slope and B is Y intercept. M comes from the French word monter meaning slope. y and x are both variables. the equations y=4x+4 and y=4x+2 have the same slope but intercept the y axis at different locations. this makes them Parallel. they will never intersect, and never touch. Parallel.
What prefix could be used for cept?
The prefix "inter-" could be used with "cept" to form the word "intercept."
Word meaning to intercept radio communications?
to intercept radio communications
Why use m for slope and b for y intercept?
The Coordinate Plane is really called the Cartesian Plane, which was developed by a french Mathematician, named Renee Descartes. He described the slope as "climbing" up or down a line (from left to right). The french word for "climb" is "monte" (with an accent over the 'e'). That's why he used 'm' for slope.
How many syllables in word slope?
Slope is monosyllabic.
What word describes slope?
The slope of a line is its gradient
How do you write the sentence using the word intercept?
The new defensive end is likely to intercept the football on this play.
Is brae a root word?
No, "brae" is not a root word in English. It is a Scottish word meaning a steep bank or slope of a hill. Root words are the basic form of a word from which other words are derived.
How many syllables are there in the word slope?
Slope only has one syllable.
A word that mean the same as catch?
Seize, or intercept.
