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Exploring*Slope*
Learning*Goals/
• Explain/how/the/slope/of/a/line/is/computed//
• Determine/the/slope/of/a/graphed/line/
• Calculate/the/slope/of/a/line/given/two/points/on/the/line/
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1. Explore*the/slope/screen/for/5/minutes/and/write/down/1–3/questions/that/you/have./
2. Create/three/lines/with/different/slopes./Sketch/your/lines/and/complete/the/table/below./
* 1* 2* 3*

Sketch*

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Coordinates*
of*two*
points*on* (//////,//////)/and/(//////,//////)/ (//////,//////)/and/(//////,//////)/ (//////,//////)/and/(//////,//////)/
line*

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Calculate*
slope*
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Positive/ Positive/ Positive/
Type*of* Negative/ Negative/ Negative/
slope* Zero/ Zero/ Zero/
Undefined// Undefined/ Undefined/
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3. In/the/fraction/that/represents/slope,/describe/how/the/top*and/bottom*numbers/(numerator/and/
denominator)/relate/to/the/graph.//
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4. Compare/with/your/responses/for/#2–3/with/your/partner./Write/a/description*of*slope*that/relates/the/
fraction/and/the/graph://
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5. Use/the/ /feature/to/find/two/distinct-lines-whose/slopes/are/the/same./Sketch/both/lines/and/
record/your/findings/below./
Coordinates*of* Observations*to/
Sketch*both*lines* two*points*on* Calculate*slope* discuss/with/your/
each*line* partner*
Line/1/ *
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and//
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(//////,//////)* *

Line/2/
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(//////,//////)//
and//
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(//////,//////)* *
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6. Find/two/different/sets/of/points/on/the/same/line./Sketch/the/line/and/record/your/findings/below.//
Coordinates*of* Observations*to/
Sketch* two*points*on* Calculate*slope* discuss/with/your/
each*line* partner/
Line/1/ *
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(//////,//////)//
and//
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(//////,//////)* *

Line/2/
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/(//////,//////)//
and//
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(//////,//////)* *
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7. Calculate/the/slope/of/a/line/between/the/points/(>5,/>3)/and/(1,/6).//
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8. Describe/how/to/calculate/the/slope/of/a/line/between/any/two/points.//
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