Slope of a Line

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Finding the slope of a line?  Here are a number of online resources collected by my students.  There are YouTube videos, games, and other stuff.

They did this as part of their summer homework.

Finding the Slope at YouTube 

Here are the video tutorials found by my students. Contributions made by Alex A., Matt L., and Aron O. Be sure and vote for your favorite.

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YourTeacher.com Algebra - Using Graph of Line to Find Slope 1 point

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According to the Wikipedia 

Here is what the Wikipedia has to say about slope.

Slope is used to describe the steepness, incline, gradient, or grade of a straight line. A higher slope value indicates a steeper incline. The slope is defined as the ratio of the "rise" divided by the "run" between two points on a line, or in other words, the ratio of the altitude change to the horizontal distance between any two points on the line. It is also always the same thing as how many rises in one run.

Using calculus, one can calculate the slope of the tangent to a curve at a point.

The concept of slope, and much of this article, applies directly to grades or gradients in geography and civil engineering.

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Have we missed any? 

Do you know of any other places to learn about slope. Let us know here.

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sorana wrote...

You have some great links hre. Thanks. 5* from me.

ReplyPosted June 27, 2009

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christelle wrote

yup you missed something..! like..

y=y2-y1/x2-x1 and (2,3) and (-2,-2)

thats it!

Reply Posted January 06, 2009

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e9 wrote

http://www.mathwarehouse.com/algebra/linear_equation/slope-of-a-line.php
is an interactive slope web page

Reply Posted February 15, 2008

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