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Lesson 8 Skills Practice
Slope
1. Hours
Wages ($)
1
2
3
4
11
22
33
44
Wages ($)
Graph the data. Then find the slope. Explain what the slope
represents.
44
11; $11 per hour
33
22
11
0
1
2
3
4
2.
Temperature (°F)
70
78
86
94
Number of People on Beach
24
40
56
72
2; the number of people on the
beach increases by 2 for each degree
increase in temperature
Number of People
Hours
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
66 70 74 78 82 86 90 94
Temperature
2
Meters
100; 100 meters per minute
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
1
2
3
4
Minutes
2.00
Cost to Download ($)
4. SONGS Find the slope of the line on
the graph showing the cost to
download songs. 0.5
1.50
1.00
0.50
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Number of Songs
18
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3. SWIMMING Latonya swims 50 meters in −
minute.