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5(a) The points (1,5) and (8,7) are on the same straight line.
What is the gradient of the line?
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5(b) The points (3,6) and (7, −2) are on the same straight line.
What is the gradient of the line?
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6 Points 𝐴 (𝑥, 𝑦) and 𝐵 are on the same straight line.
The x-coordinate of 𝐵 is three times the 𝑥-coordinate of 𝐴.
The y-coordinate of 𝐵 is four times the y-coordinate of 𝐴.
What is the gradient of the line in terms of 𝑥 and 𝑦?
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2 The line below represents the heights a walker reached during a long trail.
Which section of the graph shows the following?
2(a) The steepest positive gradient?
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2(b) The shallowest positive gradient?
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2(c) The steepest negative gradient?
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2(d) The shallowest negative gradient?
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1 Calculate the gradient of each line on the centimetre grids below.
A C
B D
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Line A:
Line B:
Line C:
Line D:
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