Finding Slope

Front

What is the slope?

Back

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

Front

Find the slope of the line that rises 4 units for every 1 unit it runs to the right.

Back

Front

What does a negative slope indicate about a line?

Back

A negative slope indicates that the line is decreasing, meaning as you move from left to right, the line goes down.

Front

What is the slope of a horizontal line?

Back

The slope of a horizontal line is 0.

Front

What is the slope of a vertical line?

Back

The slope of a vertical line is undefined.

Front

Slope describes the ________ of a line.

Back

steepness.

Front

Back

The line is decreasing as it moves from left to right.

Front

Calculate the slope between the points (2, 3) and (5, 7).

Back

Front

What is the formula for calculating slope?

Back

Front

If a line has a slope of 0, what can you say about its graph?

Back

The graph of the line is horizontal.