Intro to Slope Given Two Points

What is the slope of the line that passes through the points?

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The graph of a line passes through the points (-3, -2) and (-5, 7).

What is the slope of the line?

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The graph of a line passes through the points (1, 3) and (5, 7).

What is the slope of the line?

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Find the slope of the line.

• Undefined

• 0

• 1

• -1

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The rise of a line has to do with __________.

• vertical change

• horizontal change

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This is a formula for \[m=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_{2}-x_1}\]

• Horizontal Lines

• Vertical Lines

• A graph

• Slope

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Define the word Slope:

• The term with a negative sign

• The outcome of an positive line

• A number we can calculate using any two points on the line. The "Steepness" of a line.

• Any straight line

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Slope measures the _____________ of a line

• height

• direction

• steepness

• speed

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