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Slope - Intercept and Point Slope Form
Slope - Intercept and Point Slope Form
rise y y2 y1
slope m
run x x2 x1
y2 y1
m
x2 x1
A
m
B
Examples
1,4, 5,6 2x 3y 5
64 2
m m
5 1 3
2 1
m
6 3
Horizontal lines have a slope of zero
while vertical lines have no slope
m=0
Vertical Horizontal
x= m = no y=
slope
The World Of Linear
Equations
In Slope-Intercept Form
y = mx + b
If you are given:
The slope and y-intercept
y= ½x – 3
If you are given: A Graph
Find the:
y – intercept = b = the point
where the line crosses the y
axis.
rise change in y' s
Slope = run = m =
change in x' s
y – intercept = b = -3
Slope = up 1 =m= ½
½
over 2
y= mx + b
y= ½x – 3
If you are given:
The slope and a point
½and point (4,-1)
Slope =½ 4 -1
Given: slope (m)
and a point (x,y). y y1 m(x x1 )
To write equations
y 1 1 x 4
given the slope and a 2
point using Point- y 1 1 x 4
Slope Form. 2
Point-Slope Form y 1 1 x 2
2
y y1 m(x x1 ) -1 -1
y= ½x – 3
If you are given:
Two points
Finding the equation Find the: rise change in y' s
of the line in y= mx + Slope = = m = change in x' s
b form. Given: Two run
points. First find the 2 4 2 4
2 1
slope (m) and then 2 2 22 4 2
substitute one of the Slope =½ and point (2, -2)
2 -2
½
y= ½x – 3