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Example Question #1 : Graphing Lines
What is the slope of the line with the equation ?
In the standard form equation of a line, , the slope is represented by the variable .
In this case the line has a slope of .
Therefore the answer is .
Example Question #2 : Graphing Lines
What is the slope of the line that contains the points
and
To find the slope of a line with two points you must properly plug the points into the slope equation for two points which is
We must then properly assign the points to the equation as and .
In this case we will make our and our .
Plugging the points into the equation yields
Perform the math to arrive at
The answer is .
Example Question #1 : How To Graph A Line In Pre Algebra
What is the slope of the line ?
In the standard form of a line the slope is represented by the variable .
In this case the line has a slope of .
The answer is .
Example Question #3 : Graphing Lines
The equation of a line is .
What are the slope and the y-intercept?
Slope:
y-intercept:
Slope:
y-intercept:
Slope:
y-intercept:
Slope:
y-intercept:
Slope:
y-intercept:
The equation of the line is written in slope-intercept form, , where is the slope and is the y-intercept. In this example, the y-intercept is a negative number.
Example Question #1 : How To Graph A Point In Pre Algebra
What is the y-intercept of the line ?
The y-intercept is the point at which the line intersects the y-axis.
It does this at .
We plug in for in our equation, , to give us .
Anything multiplied by is , so .
Our coordinates for the y-intercept are .
Example Question #2 : Graphing Lines
What is the slope of the line ?
In the slope-intercept form of a line, , the slope is represented by the variable .
In this case the line
has a slope of .
The answer is .
Example Question #2 : Graphing Lines
What is the y-intercept of the line ?
In the slope-intercept form of a line, , the y-intercept is when the line intersects the y-axis.
It does this at .
So we plug in for in our equation
to give us
Anything multiplied by is so
Our coordinates for the y-intercept are .
Example Question #4 : Graphing Lines
What is the slope of a line that is parallel to ?
Parallel lines have the same slope.
If an equation is in slope-intercept form, , we take the from our equation and set it equal to the slope of our parallel line.
In this case .
The slope of our parallel line is .
Example Question #3 : Graphing Lines
What is the slope of the line that contains the points, and ?
To find the slope of a line with two points you must properly plug the points into the slope equation for two points which looks like
We must then properly assign the points to the equation as and .
In this case we will make our and our .
Plugging the points into the equation yields
Perform the math to arrive at
The answer is .
Example Question #5 : Graphing Lines
What is the slope of the line that contains the points, and ?
To find the slope of a line with two points you must properly plug the points into the slope equation for two points which looks like
We must then properly assign the points to the equation as and .
In this case we will make our , and our .
Plugging the points into the equation yields
Perform the math to arrive at
The answer is .