Graphing 9 - Intro to slope
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Lesson Description:
This covers the concept of slope, what it means and how to find the slope of a line by looking at its graph. This is part 9 of a series of videos about graphing lines.
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Questions answered by this video:
- How do you find the slope of a line?
- What is the definition of slope?
- How do you know if the slope of a line will be positive or negative?
- What is the slope of a vertical line?
- What is the slope of a horizontal line?
- When is the slope of a line undefined?
- When is the slope of a line zero?
- What is a cheer or song that helps you remember whether the slope of a line will be positive, negative, zero, or undefined?
- How do you use rise / run to compute the exact slope of a line that is graphed?
- Does it matter which two points you pick to find the slope of a line?
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Staff Review
This lesson introduces the idea of slope and explains how to find the slope of a line. Positive, negative, zero, and undefined slopes are shown in this lesson. The slope of a line is also computed using rise / run. -
