Math Arguments
Problems, Questions, and Puzzles to spark discussion and argument in the maths classroom.
What's the 'b' value called?
Anybody else object to calling the y-intercept the "starting value"? Isn't it the "starting value" only **sometimes**? If the starting value is b, then what happens when x < 0???
What's your thinking on this?
What about in this case:
Our situation was looking at temperatures for skydivers-- it doesn't make sense that the skydivers would "start" their dive at 63.4 degrees, it only makes sense in context with consideration to the coordinate itself.
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Cheesemonkeysf
Anybody else object to calling the y-intercept the "starting value"? Isn't it the "starting value" only **sometimes**?
— CheesemonkeySF (@cheesemonkeysf) September 29, 2020
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