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Hit the Slopes. Brett Solberg Sarah Schneider Ralph Davis. Objective. Students will be able to derive an accurate formula for finding the slope of a line. Rating. Easy Moderate Steep Vertical. Sort and Categorize. Categorize the 6 hills according to our rating system.
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Hit the Slopes Brett Solberg Sarah Schneider Ralph Davis
Objective Students will be able to derive an accurate formula for finding the slope of a line.
Rating Easy Moderate Steep Vertical
Sort and Categorize • Categorize the 6 hills according to our rating system. • How do you determine which hill goes in which category? • How do you determine steepness?
Steepness • Which of these lines is steepest? • What do they have in common? • What are their differences? • Can you measure the steepness of each line?
Steepness • Which of these lines is steepest? • What do they have in common? • What are their differences? • Can you measure the steepness of each line?
Formula • How did you determine steepness? • What problems did you find?
Test • Test out your formula on these lines.
Formula • Did your formula hold? • What problems did you find?
Slope • The slope is defined as the ratio of the "rise" divided by the "run" between two points on a line, or in other words, the ratio of the altitude change to the horizontal distance between any two points on the line.