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Gradient and Intercept
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What does the gradient of a line measure?

How steep the line is

What is the formula for calculating gradient?

m=Vertical riseHorizontal runm = \frac{\text{Vertical rise}}{\text{Horizontal run}}

What does a positive gradient indicate about a line?

Line slopes upward to the right

What is the y-intercept of a line?

Where the line crosses the y-axis

In the formula y=mx+by = mx + b, what does mm represent?

The gradient of the line

What is the gradient of the line y=5x3y = 5x - 3?

55

What is the y-intercept of y=2x+7y = -2x + 7?

77

Which letter is used to represent the y-intercept?

bb

In y=mx+by = mx + b, which variable is the dependent variable?

yy

When sketching a graph, which point should you mark first?

The y-intercept

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