Point-Slope Activity Name______

Your Geometry Teacher______Period____

Finding the equation of a line from the slope and a point

Looks like: Find the equation of a line with a slope of 2 that goes through the point (-4, 3)

Step

/ Description/Rule/Picture
Step 1 / Take inventory: What do you know? / m=______x=______y=______
Step 2 / Plug in: to the slope-intercept equation: y = mx + b / y = mx + b
____= ___*___ + b
Step 3 / Simplify and solve for b (beginning point)
Step 4 / Plug m and b into your slope-intercept equation: y = mx + b / m = ____ y = mx + b
b = ____

Point-Slope Activity Name______

Your Geometry Teacher______Period____

Point-Slope Practice:

Point-Slope Activity Name______

Your Geometry Teacher______Period____

1) Find the equation of a line with a slope of 4 that goes through the point (2, -3)

2) Find the equation of a line with a slope of -2 that goes through the point (1, 2)

3) Find the equation of a line with a slope of that goes through the point (8, -1)

4) Find the equation of a line with a slope of 2 that goes through the point (0, 5)

5) Find the equation of a line parallel to that goes through the point (4,5)

6) Find the equation of a line perpendicular to that goes through the point (4,5)

7) Find the equation of a line parallel to that goes through the point (0, -7)

Point-Slope Activity Name______

Your Geometry Teacher______Period____