Mountain Men

question 42

Multiple Choice

Mountain men

• A) worked as miners.
• B) knew how to farm the steep slopes of the Sierra Nevada and Northern Rocky Mountains.
• C) used mountain meadows for grazing cattle.
• D) were notorious for highway robbery of western settlers.
• E) worked as trappers, explorers, and scouts for the U.S. Army.

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Definitions:

Undefined Slope

Refers to the slope of a vertical line in coordinate geometry, which cannot be calculated as it would involve division by zero.

Line

In geometry, a straight one-dimensional figure having no thickness and extending infinitely in both directions.

Points

Specific locations in space that are defined by their coordinates.

Slope-Intercept Form

The equation of a straight line in the form y = mx + b, where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.