Brett Solberg Sarah Schneider Ralph Davis Objective Students will be able to derive an accurate formula for finding the slope of a line Easy Moderate Steep Vertical Rating ID: 411611
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Hit the Slopes
Brett Solberg
Sarah Schneider
Ralph DavisSlide2
Objective
Students will be able to derive an accurate formula for finding the slope of a line.Slide3
Easy
Moderate
Steep Vertical
RatingSlide4
Sort and Categorize
Categorize the 6 hills according to our rating system.
How do you determine which hill goes in which category?
How do you determine steepness?Slide5
Steepness
Which of these lines is steepest?
What do they have in common?
What are their differences?
Can you measure the steepness of each line?Slide6
Steepness
Which of these lines is steepest?
What do they have in common?
What are their differences?
Can you measure the steepness of each line?Slide7
Formula
How did you determine steepness?
What problems did you find?Slide8
Test
Test out your formula on these lines.Slide9
Formula
Did your formula hold?
What problems did you find?Slide10
Slope
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.