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DETERMINING THE SLOPE OF A LINE. Math Tech 2 10 th Grade. The students will… determine the slope of a line from a graph. determine the slope of a line using the slope formula. determine the slope of a line from data in a table. Elementary Algebra Standards EA-2.6 EA-5.6 EA-5.7.
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DETERMINING THE SLOPE OF A LINE Math Tech 2 10th Grade
The students will…determine the slope of a line from a graph. determine the slope of a line using the slope formula. determine the slope of a line from data in a table. Elementary Algebra Standards • EA-2.6 • EA-5.6 • EA-5.7
Review of Slope Intercept Form In the equation y = 2/3x – 5, 2/3 represents the __________ of the line. When you are graphing y = 3/4x + 7, 3/4 indicates that you should move up _____units and over ______ units from the y-intercept 7. The graph of y = -3 is a ________________ line. The graph of x = 2 is a _________________ line. slope 3 4 horizontal vertical
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Slope can be … • Positive • Negative • Zero • Undefined (No slope)
Slope can be determined by… • Rise Run • m = y2 – y1 x2 – x1