Types of Slope
Learning Objective
I can determine if a line has a positive, negative, zero, or undefined slope from a graph.
Key Concepts
A slope describes the steepness of a line.
Slope, represented by the letter m, is calculated as rise over run, which is the change in y over the change in x.
A line that goes up from left to right has a positive slope, a line that goes down from left to right has a negative slope, a horizontal line has a zero slope, and a vertical line has an undefined slope.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 12 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. What does the slope of a line describe?
2. A line on a graph goes upwards as you move from left to right. What type of slope does this line have?
3. Explain how you can determine the slope of a line using two points on a Cartesian plane.
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