Unit 4B – Day 4 Guided Notes Name: ______

Review: Slope-Intercept and Standard Form

l  Only write equations in standard form if you are given a ______.

l  Only write a word problem in standard form if you are NOT given a ______.

l  Standard form word problems can only be written if you have ______.

l  DO NOT write an equation in standard form if you are given the slope and y-intercept.

l  That equation should be written in ______form.

1. What is the Slope-Intercept Form?

2. What is the Standard Form?

3. How does an equation of a vertical line look? What is the slope?

4. How does an equation of a horizontal line look? What is the slope?

Point-Slope Form

m =

(x1, y1) =

Best used when: you are given the ______(that is not the y-intercept) and you need to write the equation of the line.

Example: Write the equation in Point-Slope Form of the graph below if it goes through the point (-5,-4) and has a slope of 2/3:

Write an Equation in Point-Slope Form Given a Point and a Slope

2. (-1, -3); Slope = 4

3. (-10, 0); Slope = 2

4. (-4, 3); Slope = -6

Write an Equation in Point-Slope Form Given Two Points

Steps:

1.  Find the ______ between the two points.

2.  Pick ______to use in order to write the equation.

3.  Plug in the slope and coordinate from the point into the ______

5. (-3, 6) and (1, -2)

6. (-2, 3) and (-1, 1)

7. (-2, -5) and (7, -6)

Writing an Equation from a Table

l  What is the independent and dependent variable?

l  Find the rate of change:

l  What is the slope?

l  What is one ordered pair?

l  What is a possible equation in Point-Slope Form?

Slope - Int. Form / Standard Form / Point - Slope Form

Writing Equations in Point-Slope Form

Given a point and the slope of a line, write the equation in point-slope form.

1) 2)

3) 4)

Given a graph of a line, first find the slope. Then choose one point on the line to be your (x1, y1). Use m and the point you chose to write the line in point-slope form.

5) 6)

7) 8)