Finding Slope from an Equation

First, lets do an experiment!

Graph the following equations for making a table of values, and then plotting each point.
1.

y = 3x 2

x
-1
0
1
2

2.

What is the slope? ____________

= 2 + 3

x
0
2
4
6

What is the slope? ______________

What do you notice about the slope and the original equations? ___________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

Identifying the slope (or the rate of change) from an

equation is easy! Just look at the ______________________.
A coefficient is ________________________________________________________________.

Identify the slope of the following linear equations.

3.
Slope :

y = 5x + 2

4.

y = -2x 13

Rate of change :

5.
Slope :

y = 22x + 5

6.

2
5

+ 10

7.

Rate of change:

Slope :

9.

10.

y = 3x + 5x

Slope :

12.

y = 5 + 6x

13.
Slope :

15.

16.

y=x+4

8.

2
5

+ 10

Rate of Change:

y = 10x 2x

Rate of change :

Rate of change:

Slope :

= 4 1

y = 12 9x

11.

y = 2x 5x

Slope :

14.

y = -7 + 9x

Rate of Change:

y = -x 9

Rate of change :

17.

y=7+x

Slope :

Is it easiest to find the slope from a graph, table, or equation?

Why?