Slope from a Graph

Front

What is slope?

Back

Slope is a measure of the steepness or incline of a line, calculated as the ratio of the vertical change to the horizontal change between two points on the line.

Front

What is the formula for calculating slope?

Back

The formula for slope (m) is m = (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1), where (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) are two points on the line.

Front

What does a positive slope indicate?

Back

A positive slope indicates that as the x-value increases, the y-value also increases, meaning the line rises from left to right.

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What does a negative slope indicate?

Back

A negative slope indicates that as the x-value increases, the y-value decreases, meaning the line falls from left to right.

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What does a zero slope indicate?

Back

A zero slope indicates a horizontal line where there is no change in y as x changes.

Front

What does an undefined slope indicate?

Back

An undefined slope indicates a vertical line where there is no change in x as y changes.

Front

Find the slope of the line passing through the points (2, 3) and (4, 7).

Back

The slope is (7 - 3) / (4 - 2) = 4 / 2 = 2.

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Find the slope of the line passing through the points (1, 2) and (1, 5).

Back

The slope is undefined because the x-values are the same.

Front

Find the slope of the line passing through the points (3, 4) and (6, 1).

Back

The slope is (1 - 4) / (6 - 3) = -3 / 3 = -1.

Front

What is the slope of a line that is perfectly horizontal?

Back

The slope of a perfectly horizontal line is 0.