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Get Your Remote and Have Your Notes Out!!: The Slope of A Line

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The Slope of a Line

Get your remote and


have your notes out!!
 Slope
 Steepness of a line
 Rate of change

rise
m
run
If a line passes through ( x1 , y1 ) &( x2 , y2 ),
y2 y1
then m
x2 x1
1. Find the slope of the line.
 Positive Slope
 Line rises from left
to right

 Negative Slope
 Line falls from left
to right
 Zero slope
 Horizontal

 Undefined slope
 Vertical
 Plotthe points and draw a line that passes
through them, then find the slope.
2. (1,5) & (5,5)
 Plotthe points and draw a line that passes
through them, then find the slope.
3. (-2,-2) & (0,1)
 Plotthe points and draw a line that passes
through them, then find the slope.
4. (4,2) & (4,-1)
 Plotthe points and draw a line that passes
through them, then find the slope.
5. (-3,1) & (1,-3)
 P.233
#1-12 all
(12 problems)
 P.233
#19-21, 23-34 all
(15 problems)

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