Slope/Slope Intercept/Point Slope

Front

What is the slope of a vertical line?

Back

Undefined

Front

What does a slope of 0 indicate about a line?

Back

The line is horizontal.

Front

Write the slope-intercept form of a line with a slope of -1/2 and a y-intercept of -8.

Back

y = -1/2x - 8

Front

What is the slope of the line represented by the equation y = 2x + 3?

Back

2

Front

What type of slope does the line y = -3x + 1 have?

Back

Negative slope

Front

How do you calculate the slope between two points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2)?

Back

Slope (m) = (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1)

Front

What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (1, 2) and (3, 6)?

Back

2

Front

What does a positive slope indicate about a line?

Back

The line rises from left to right.

Front

What is the slope of a horizontal line?

Back

0

Front

If a line has a slope of 3, what does this mean?

Back

For every 1 unit increase in x, y increases by 3 units.