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GRE Math: Points And Lines

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Answer 13 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. standard equation of a line
y=mx+b
Rise/run (change in y/change in x)
Abscissa
Ordinate

2. slope
Rise/run (change in y/change in x)
Ordinate
D=sqrt((x2-x1)^2+(y2-y1)^2)
x>0 and y<0

3. distance formula
Rise/run (change in y/change in x)
Abscissa
D=sqrt((x2-x1)^2+(y2-y1)^2)
Solid line

4. quadrant II
x<0 and y>0
Dashed line
Rise/run (change in y/change in x)
D=sqrt((x2-x1)^2+(y2-y1)^2)

5. second coordinate
x>0 and y>0
M=(y-y1)/(x-x1)
x>0 and y<0
Ordinate

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

7. of equal and inequality
Solid line
Ordinate
y=mx+b
(x1+x2)/2 - (y1+y2)/2

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

9. first coordinate
x<0 and y>0
D=sqrt((x2-x1)^2+(y2-y1)^2)
Abscissa
x>0 and y>0

10. quadrant III
Abscissa
x<0 and y>0
(x1+x2)/2 - (y1+y2)/2
x<0 and y<0

11. midpint formula
y=mx+b
x<0 and y>0
Rise/run (change in y/change in x)
(x1+x2)/2 - (y1+y2)/2

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

13. quadrant I
Abscissa
y=mx+b
x>0 and y>0
Rise/run (change in y/change in x)