Slope of a

Line
 • ·Illustrate the slope of a line and

Objectives • Define and identify the different

kinds of slopes.
Our friend Luis is riding his Later on, Luis is going down
bike. He goes up two different two hills. Which hill will he
hills. Which hill will be harder gain more speed on?
for Luis to pedal up?

A B A B

The measure of how hard it is for Luis to pedal up the hill, or how fast Luis goes down the hill is
known as slope.
 L i n e
e o f a
S l op
• The ratio of vertical
distance and horizontal
distance between two
points.
• Slope is the number that
measures the steepness of
a line.
• The slope of a line is
denoted by the symbol m.
Here is an easy way to remember slope:

Vertical change change in y

Horizontal change change in x

What is the Slope?
 What is the Slope?

(8,6)

(1,0)

Exam
ple
No.1
Another method that can be used to find the slope of a line is known as the
slope formula.

Slope Formula.

𝒚 𝟐 − 𝒚 𝟏
𝒎=
𝒙 𝟐 − 𝒙𝟏

The lowercase letter "m" is used to denote slope. The x and y

variables are meant to represent data obtained from two points
(ordered pairs) on the line. In other words, we can take any points on
the line and label one point as: () and the other as: (). The 1 and 2 in
these ordered pairs are known as subscripts. These are read as ("x-
sub-one", "y-sub-one"), ("x-sub-two", “y-sub-two").
For example; The line that passes through the points:

(0,-6) and (3,0)

First, we pick one point and label it as: (), then the other point will be labeled
as: ().Let's use (0,-6) as our first point and (3,0) as our second point.
x1 = 0
y1 = -6
x2 = 3 m= = = = =2
y2 = 0

Exam
ple
No.2
 Try it!
The line that passes through the points:
(0,-3) and (7,-2).
 Four Kinds of Slope
The slope of a line can be positive, negative, zero or undefined.

SLOPE POSITIVE SLOPE NEGATIVE

The graph moves The graph moves
upward from left to downward from left to
right. right.

SLOPE ZERO SLOPE UNDEFINED

The graph of a line is The graph of a line is
horizontal. vertical.
 Let's Apply!
Find the slope of a line passing through the given
points and draw the graph.

1. (3,5) , (-2,3)
2. (2,1) , (2,-4)
3. (-2,4) , (1,-5)
4. (7, -2),(-7, -2)
Assignment 1. (2,1)(-4,7)
2. (-5,-7)(-2,-6)