1. Objective The student will be able to:
Find the slope of a line given 2 points and a graph.
Designed by Skip Tyler, Varina HS and Vicki Hiner, Godwin HS

2. What is the meaning of this sign?
Icy Road Ahead
Steep Road Ahead
Curvy Road Ahead
Trucks Entering Highway Ahead

3. Slope is the steepness of a line.
What does the 7% mean? 7%
7% is the slope of the road. It means the road drops 7 feet vertically for every 100 feet horizontally.
7 feet
100 feet
So, what is slope???
Slope is the steepness of a line.

4. Slope can be expressed different ways:
A line has a positive slope if it is going uphill from left to right.
A line has a negative slope if it is
going downhill from left to right.

5. Tell if the following slopes go up or down from left to right:-3
-5/2 9
-10
Down Up

6. 1) Determine the slope of the line.
When given the graph, it is easier to apply “rise over run”.

7. Determine the slope of the line.
Start with the lower point and count how much you rise and run to get to the other point!
rise 3 = =
run 6 6 3
Notice the slope is positive AND the line increases!

8. Determine the slope of the line.
Start with the upper point and count how much you rise and run to get to the other point!
rise -3 = =
run -6 -3
It does not matter which point you start with, direction indicates the sign. -6

9. 2) Find the slope of the line that passes through the points (-2, -2) and (4, 1).
When given points, it is easier to use the formula!
y2 is the y coordinate of the 2nd ordered pair (y2 = 1)
y1 is the y coordinate of the 1st ordered pair (y1 = -2)

10. You can do the problems either way! Which one do you think is easiest?
Did you notice that Example #1 and Example #2 were the same problem written differently? 6 3
(-2, -2) and (4, 1)
You can do the problems either way!
Which one do you think is easiest?

11. 3) Find the slope of the line that goes through the points (-5, 3) and (2, 1).x1 y1 x2 y2

12. Find the slope of the line that passes through (3, 5) and (-1, 4).-4
- ¼

13. You Try: (3, 5) , (1, 4) 2. (5, -3), (2, 1) -2 -1/2 2 1/2 3/4 -4/3
2. (5, -3), (2, 1) -2
-1/2 2
1/2
3/4
-4/3
-3/4
4/3

14. Determine the slope of the line.-1
Find points on the graph.
Use two of them and apply rise over run. -2 2 1 r i s e u n = -2 1 - 2 OR
The line is decreasing (slope is negative).

15. What is the slope of a horizontal line?
The line doesn’t rise!
All horizontal lines have a slope of 0.

16. What is the slope of a vertical line?
The line doesn’t run!
All vertical lines have an undefined slope.

17. Draw a line through the point (2,0) that has a slope of 3.
1. Graph the ordered pair (2, 0).
2. From (2, 0), apply rise over run (write 3 as a fraction).
Plot a point at this location.
Repeat rise over run from new point
5. Draw a straight line through the points. 1 3

18. You Try: Point = (-2, 4) and slope = -2/3