Graphing Linear Equations: Slopes
Do Now: Using your calculator to help, graph the line y = 2x - 4
1. Copy the table from the calculator
Do Now: Using your calculator to help, graph the line y = 2x - 4
2. Plot the (x,y) points. Remember start at the origin (the point where the x and y axes intersect – coordinates are (0,0) ) Go right (positive) or left (negative) first (x) and then up (positive) or down (negative) next (y).
3. Connect the points using a straight edge.
***How do we know the graph should be a straight line?
Graph y = - 3x + 2 Graph y = ½ x - 4
What do the numbers in the equations represent?
y = mx + bWhere
m = the slope of the line
b = the y-intercept
How can we determine the slope of a line?
Find the slope of the line in the graph:
1. Pick two points on the line
2. Use the slope formula
Practice – Find each of the following slopes
Practice finding slope with no graph:
Find the slope of the line passing through (2,1) and (-3,-1)
Find the slope of the line passing through (-2,3) and (-4, 0)
Special Lines: Find the slope of each of the following
Conclusion: Conclusion:
Special Lines:
Horizontal Lines:
Slope is
Equation is
Vertical Lines:
Slope is:
Equation is:
Graph each of the following pairs of lines. What do you observe?
1. a. y = 2x + 3 What do these lines have in common?
b. y = 2x – 1
2. a. y = - 3x – 2 What do these lines have in common?
b. y = - 3x + 3
3. a. y = ½ x – 3 What do these lines have in common?
b. y = ½ x + 5
CONCLUSION:
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