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Slope

Objectives:
Students will explain what slope is, compute slope, and demonstrate how the slopes of perpendicular, parallel, horizontal, and vertical lines are related.

NCTM Standards:
Students interpret representations of functions of two variables.
Students approximate and interpret rates of change from graphical and numerical data.

California Content Standards:
(8.0) Students understand the concepts of parallel lines and perpendicular lines and how those slopes are related.

Slides:

* Introducing Slope
* Slope of a Horizontal Line
* Slope of a Vertical Line
* Slope and Direction
* Slopes of Perpendicular Lines
* Slope of Parallel Lines
* Slope-Intercept Form

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