Lines and Slopes 3
Finding the Slope of a Line

1. Pick the location for your line.

• Click on the Move Drawing Pad icon MoveDP .

• Then click anywhere in the graph and drag it wherever you want. Keep the point (0,0) visible Smiley!

2. Pick a first point A on your line.

• Click on the Point icon. Point

• Click on any grid point.

• Write down the coordinates of A.

3. Pick a second point B on your line.

• Click on a grid point anywhere you want BUT not on the same vertical or horizontal as point A. Why not??

• Write down the coordinates of B.

4.Check the coordinates.   

5.Draw the line.   

6. Find the slope of the line.

• Find the change in the y-values: Δy = y(B)-y(A).

• Find the change in the x-values: Δx = x(B)-x(A).

• Find the slope: Δy / Δx.

7. Check your answer!

• Type the value of your slope in the box below. You may write it as a fraction a/b or as a decimal rounded to 2 decimal places. Then click on Check Answer.

  Slope of the line is: 

• Click on Reset to start over.

   
                                     
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      LFS with thanks to Robert Fant, Created with GeoGebra