7.

1 Finding the Slope of a Line

Slope =

Example: Find the slope between (-2, 0) and (3, 1)

In other words, slope =

The Slope of a Line Passing Through Two Points

Finding the Slope of a Line

Find the slope of the line passing through each pair of points.

a. (-1, 2) and (2,2)

b. (0, 4) and (1, -1)

c. (3, 4) and (3, 1)

If we rewrite slope where = , then

Writing Linear Equations

Point Slope Form of the Equation of a Line

Example: Using the Point-Slope Form

Find the equation of the line that has slope of 3 and passes through the point
(1, -2) .
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2.2
NAME _________________________________________________________ DATE ____________
Name Date:
Practice A
7.1 Finding the Slope ofwith
For use a Line HW
pages 75–81

Estimate the slope of the line.

1. y 2. y 3. y

1 1 1
1 x 1 x 1 x

Find the slope of the line passing through the given points.
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7. �5, �1�, ��7, 5� 8. ��11, 0�, �4, �5� 9. �3, 4�, �0, 0�

Decide whether the line with the given slope rises, falls, is horizon-
tal, or is vertical.
10. m � 2 11. m � 0 12. m � �7

Lesson 2.2
2 4
13. m � 14. m � � 15. m is undefined.
3 5

Tell whether the lines with the given slopes are parallel, perpen-
dicular, or neither.
3
16. Line 1: m � 2 17. Line 1: m � 5 18. Line 1: m � �
LESSON 8

2.2
1
NAME _________________________________________________________ 8
DATE ____________
Line 2: m � �2 Line 2: m � Line 2: m �
5 3
Practice 1 2
19. Line 1: For
m� use4with Lesson 2.2: Simplifying Line 1: m �
20. Expressions 21. Line 1: m �
Algebra 1 Review 3 3
2
Line 2: m � 4 Line 2: m � �3 Line 2: m � �
Simplify the expression by combining like terms. 3
1. 17x � ��6x� 2. �20y � 9y 3. �11a � 13a
22. Picking Strawberries One afternoon your family goes out to pick
4. 7 � 2xstrawberries.
�4 At 1:00 P.M5.., �6 y � 10
your�family 6. 5Your
has picked 3 quarts. � x family
�x
2 finishes
1 picking at 3:00 P.M. and has 28 quarts of strawberries. At what
7. w � rate 8. 2.6p � 3.1p
w was your family picking? 9. 115x � 140x � 5
3 4
23. Ramp The specifications of a ramp that leads onto a loading dock state
10. 7x2 � 3x2 � 4x 11. 30n � 16 � 12n 1 12. �2x3 � 4x3 � 2
that the slope of the ramp must be no steeper than 64 . If the ramp begins
Find the 200
sumfeetor from the baseusing
difference of the the
loading dock or
vertical andhorizontal
the dock is 3format.
feet tall, does
the ramp’s slope meet the specification?
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15. �3m3 � 7m � 15� � �4m2 � 6m � 3�3 ft

16. �9n2 � 13� � ��8 � n2�

200 ft
17. �12x
2 � � �
2
3
1
� � x2 � 2x
4 �
18. ��0.5 � 2.2x� � ��6.9x � 8.7�
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