Slope of a Non-Vertical Line

What is the slope of this line? Hint: it will be negative because the line goes DOWN from left to right.

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What is the slope of this line? Hint: it will be POSITIVE because the line goes UP from left to right.

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What is the slope of this line?

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True or False: The slope of a line is the same no matter what two points we use for a slope triangle.

• True

• False

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What does Slope Dude say as walks across the horizontal part of the diagram?

• Puff Puff Positive

• This is zero fun.

• Undefined

• Nice Negative

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Will the slope of this line be positive or negative?

• Positive

• Negative

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What is the slope of this line?

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Michele calculates the slope of a line using two different pairs of points. For one pair, she finds the slope is 4. For the other pair, the slope is 7. Can she be correct?

• Yes, a line can have two different slopes.

• No, she must have made a mistake.

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All slope triangles are _____________

• Congruent

• Similar

• Evil

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What is the slope of this non-vertical line?

• 1

• -1

• 0

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