Find the Slope of the Line

Name______Date______Find the slope of the line. 1. 2.

Find the slope of the tables. . 5. 6.

ind the slope of the line. 7. 8. 9.

10. The graph shows the amounts that you are collecting for selling calendars and boxes of greeting cards to raise money for the school band.

a. Compare the steepness of the lines. What does this mean in the context of the problem?

b. Find the slope of each line. What does each slope mean in the context of the problem?

c. How much more does it cost to buy 3 calendars than 4 boxes of greeting cards?

d. Find two different ways that you could collect exactly $36.

Which line has the greater slope? Explain your reasoning. 3. 4.

Find the slope of a line that passes thru the two points given.

5. 6. 7. Find the slope of a line with the points.andExplain why the slope of this line is undefined.

8. You and a friend throw tennis balls up in the air at the same time. The table shows the height (in feet) of each ball. a. Graph the data on the same coordinate axes. Draw lines through the points. Label each graph. b. Find the slope of the line for each tennis ball. What does each slope mean in the context of the problem? c. Which ball is moving faster? How is this indicated in the slope? d. Find the height of each ball 3.5 seconds after being thrown.

9. A line has a slope of . It passes through the pointsand What is the value of x?