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A battery with 20% of its full capacity is connected to a charger. Every minute that passes, an additional 5% of its capacity is charged. What is the slope (rate) in this problem?
a) 5%
b) -5%
c) 20%
d) -20%

A battery with 20% of its full capacity is connected to a charger. Every minute that passes, an additional 5% of its capacity is charged. What is the y-intercept (starting amount) in this problem?
a) 5%
b) -5%
c) 20%
d) -20%

A battery with 20% of its full capacity is connected to a charger. Every minute that passes, an additional 5% of its capacity is charged. What is the equation for this problem?
a) y = 0.05x + 0.2
b) y = 0.05x - 0.2
c) y = 0.2x + 0.05
d) y = 0.5x + 0.2

Zane is a rock climber and was 20 meters below the edge of a volcano, when he heard some rumbling. He began to climb out as quickly as he could. He managed to climb up 4 meters per second to get out safely. What is the slope in this problem?
a) -20
b) 20
c) -4
d) 4

Zane is a rock climber and was 20 meters below the edge of a volcano, when he heard some rumbling. He began to climb out as quickly as he could. He managed to climb up 4 meters per second to get out safely. What is the y-intercept in this problem?
a) -20
b) 20
c) 4
d) -4

Zane is a rock climber and was 20 meters below the edge of a volcano, when he heard some rumbling. He began to climb out as quickly as he could. He managed to climb up 4 meters per second to get out safely. What is the equation for this problem?
a) y = 4x - 20
b) y = -4x - 20
c) y = 20x + 4
d) y = 4x + 20

Agent Hunt transferred classified files from the CIA mainframe onto his flash drive. The flash drive already had 60 megabytes on it before the transfer, and an additional 4 megabytes were transferred onto it each second. What is the slope?
a) 4
b) -4
c) 60
d) -60

Agent Hunt transferred classified files from the CIA mainframe onto his flash drive. The flash drive already had 60 megabytes on it before the transfer, and an additional 4 megabytes were transferred onto it each second. What is the y-intercept?
a) 4
b) -4
c) 60
d) -60

Agent Hunt transferred classified files from the CIA mainframe onto his flash drive. The flash drive already had 60 megabytes on it before the transfer, and an additional 4 megabytes were transferred onto it each second. What is the equation?
a) y = 4x + 60
b) y = -4x + 60
c) y = 60x + 4
d) y = -60x + 4

In a story problem, what is the slope?
a) rate
b) starting amount
c) difference
d) negative

In a story problem, what is the y-intercept
a) starting amount
b) rate
c) positive
d) constant

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