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GRE Math: Points And Lines

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Answer 13 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. quadrant III
M=(y-y1)/(x-x1)
x<0 and y<0
Rise/run (change in y/change in x)
x<0 and y>0

2. midpint formula
(x1+x2)/2 - (y1+y2)/2
x<0 and y<0
Solid line
Dashed line

3. point-slope form of a line
y=mx+b
M=(y-y1)/(x-x1)
x<0 and y<0
Solid line

4. distance formula
Dashed line
Solid line
D=sqrt((x2-x1)^2+(y2-y1)^2)
x>0 and y>0

5. quadrant VI
x>0 and y<0
x<0 and y>0
(x1+x2)/2 - (y1+y2)/2
x>0 and y>0

6. of equal and inequality
Rise/run (change in y/change in x)
Abscissa
Solid line
(x1+x2)/2 - (y1+y2)/2

7. if inequality
Dashed line
Abscissa
x>0 and y>0
x<0 and y>0

8. standard equation of a line
Solid line
y=mx+b
Rise/run (change in y/change in x)
x<0 and y<0

9. second coordinate
M=(y-y1)/(x-x1)
x<0 and y>0
Ordinate
D=sqrt((x2-x1)^2+(y2-y1)^2)

10. first coordinate
M=(y-y1)/(x-x1)
x<0 and y<0
y=mx+b
Abscissa

11. slope
Rise/run (change in y/change in x)
Solid line
(x1+x2)/2 - (y1+y2)/2
M=(y-y1)/(x-x1)

12. quadrant I
Solid line
D=sqrt((x2-x1)^2+(y2-y1)^2)
x>0 and y<0
x>0 and y>0

13. quadrant II
Dashed line
x<0 and y<0
x<0 and y>0
x>0 and y>0