Interpreting Slope

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What is the slope of a horizontal line?

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What is the slope of a vertical line?

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How many types of slopes are there?

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Three: positive, negative, and zero.

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What does a positive slope indicate about a line?

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The line rises as it moves from left to right.

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What does a negative slope indicate about a line?

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The line falls as it moves from left to right.

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

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

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What is the y-intercept of a line?

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The point where the line crosses the y-axis.

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If a line has a slope of 2, what does this mean?

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For every 1 unit increase in x, y increases by 2 units.

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

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2

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What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (4, 5) and (4, 9)?

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