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Example Question #102 : Linear Algebra
Find the slope given the following equation:
The slope is the value of in the slope-intercept equation:
The equation is already given in slope-intercept format.
This means that the slope is:
Example Question #103 : Linear Algebra
Find the slope of the following equation:
Combine like terms of the left.
Divide by 2 on both sides.
Now that the equation is in slope-intercept form , we can identify the coefficient in front of the x-variable.
The answer is:
Example Question #102 : Linear Algebra
Find the slope of the line which passes through the following points:
Find the slope of the line which passes through the following points:
To find the slope of a line, use the following formula
Note that it doesn't matter which point is "1" and which point is "2," so long as we are consistent.
Let's make our points
Point 1:
Point 2:
Now, recall that points are an x and a y value as follows: (x,y)
So, our slope is
Example Question #31 : Finding Slope And Intercepts
Which of the following lines are perpendicular to the following equation?
Which of the following lines are perpendicular to the following equation?
Perpendicular lines have opposite reciprocal slopes. This means that our answer will have a slope that is positive, and will be the reciprocal of one-fourth.
So, our answer must have a slope of 4.
Try this!
Example Question #32 : Finding Slope And Intercepts
Give the -coordinate of the -intercept of the line of the equation
the -intercept of the line is the point at which it intersects the -axis. The -coordinate of the point is 0, so substitute 0 for in the equation and solve for :
Isolate on one side by first subtracting 17 from both sides:
Divide both sides by 3:
,
the correct choice.
Example Question #33 : Finding Slope And Intercepts
Find the x-intercept of the following equation
Find the x-intercept of the following equation
The x-intercept is the location where a line crosses the x-axis.
This occurs when y=0.
To find the x-intercept, plug in 0 for y and solve.
Thus, our answer is
Example Question #41 : Finding Slope And Intercepts
Two points on a line are and . Find the slope of the line.
In order to find the slope of a line when given two points, you must use the equation
, with standing for slope.
In the equation is the coordinate of the second point, is the coordinate of the first point, is the coordinate of the second point, and is the coordinate of the first point. Therefore,
, , , and .
Once you plug in all the numbers into the equation for slope, you get
which simplifies to
, or .
Therefore, the slope is .
Example Question #42 : Finding Slope And Intercepts
Find the slope of a straight line that passes through and
In order to find our slope, we'll need to use the slope formula, which is
To find out what number goes where, know that whatever coordinate comes first is coordinate and the one following that is coordinate . Also know that comes before in a coordinate.
In math terms, our coordinates should look like this:
Following this guide, we know that must be , must be , must be and must be .
Now that we know what goes where, place the numbers into the formula and solve for m:
Subtracting a negative is the same as saying adding a positive number. If this confuses you, then try this rule of thumb:
Leave, change, opposite.
This is how you determine if the equation will add or subtract if you have wonky equations such as subtracting a negative. You leave the symbol of the first number alone and you change the second symbol as well as the third.
Let's look at for this.
can be rewritten as . We leave the positive alone, change the subtraction to adding, and then make opposite of the negative , which would be positive .
This changes our equation to , which can be rewritten to .
Now that we know how to subtract a negative, our equation should be , which can be simplified to since goes into twice.
Our answer is
Example Question #43 : Finding Slope And Intercepts
Find the slope for a straight line that passes through and
In order to reach the answer, we must first employ the slop formula; .
To figure out what number goes where, know that whatever coordinate is given first in the answer is our coordinate , and the one following that is our coordinate . Also remember that comes before in a coordinate.
In math terms our coordinates should be . Following this example, our must be , our must be , our must be and our must be .
Now that we know what goes where, plug in the numbers to our slope formula and solve for m:
Because is the same number, we get .
Our answer is
Example Question #44 : Finding Slope And Intercepts
Find the slope of a straight line that passes through and .
In order to find the slope, you'll need to use the slop formula, which is .
Our is , our is , our is and our is .
If you're confused on why I labeled our numbers like this, know that whatever coordinate your given first is your coordinate and your next coordinate is coordinate .
In math terms, our coordinates look like this .
Now that we know what number goes where, it's just a matter of solving the equation for .
Now we could leave our answer like that, but our fraction can actually be reduced even further. See how both the and the are divisible by ? Because they share this , we can divide both the and in order to get the smallest fraction without changing what the fraction stands for.
If you're confused on why we can do this, pick up a calculator and find out what the decimal equivalent of is, then with .
Did you get the same answer? That's because and are the same answer, but is just a smaller version of . It's the same for if we multiplied with , , or . Give it a try when you have the chance!
Our final answer should be
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