Curated OER
How Do You Find the Slope of a Ramp If You Know the Rise and Run?
Do you know the formula for slope? Yes, rise over run. Then all you have to do is plug in the given values and solve for the slope of the ramp.
Curated OER
How Do You Find the Slope of a Ramp If You Know the Rise and Run?
Given a line, do you know how to find the slope? Yes, rise over run. Then all you have to do is plug in the given values and solve for the slope of the ramp.
FuseSchool
Finding the Gradient of a Straight Line
Investigate the relationship between the gradient, or slope, of a line and its graph. Pupils learn to use a graph to calculate the slope of a line. The video lesson includes both positive and negative slopes and compares the steepness of...
National Education Association
Interpret the Rate of Change/Slope and Intercepts within the Context of Everyday Life
Rates of change can be a slippery slope. The resource makes the connection between the rate of change and the slope of a line. It continues on to provide examples of how to interpret the slope and the y-intercepts of linear equations...
Mathispower4u
Find the Intersection of Two Linear Functions - Example 2
Make the connection between the intersection of two functions and a system of equations. The class watches an informative algebra video on finding the point of intersection of two linear functions. The presenter shows the steps to prove...
Flipped Math
Calculus AB/BC - Defining the Derivative of a Function and Using Derivative Notation
Pupils learn how to find the derivative of a function by applying the definition using limits. Learners understand that the derivative provides the slope of the tangent line and use that information to find the equation of the tangent...
Mathispower4u
Determine Solutions to Systems of Linear Equations Graphically (Example)
Picture the solution. The Mathispower4u Algebra I video uses three examples of finding the solution of a system of linear equations given as a graph. Pupils use their knowledge of linear graphs to also identify the equations for the...
Krista King Math
Equation of the Normal Line at a Point
Is it normal to find a perpendicular line to the tangent line? The short video provides a problem to find the equation of the normal line to a function. Beginning with an explanation of the normal line, the 27th installment in a 31-part...
Krista King Math
Average Rate of Change of a Function
Just how fast is the function changing? The presenter provides a general explanation of the average rate of change in the 28th presentation in a series of 31 calculus videos. The video moves on to find the average rate of change for a...
Curated OER
What Does it Mean To Have No Correlation?
What does it mean when a scatter plot graph shows that there is no correlation? Does it have something to do with the slope of the line of fit? Yes, it certainly does have to do with the line of fit. If the slope of the line is zero,...
National Education Association
Finding the Length of a Hypotenuse
Finding the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle can be done in two ways as shown in this video. First, the hypotenuse is found using the Pythagorean Theorem. Next, the distance formula is used to solve the same problem.
Curated OER
How Do You Graph a System of Equations With No Solution?
Two equations. What's the solution to this system? How can you solve it? Can you write the two equations in slope-intercept form? Yes, you can. Now graph each equation. Look, the lines are parallel. What does that mean? That means there...
Curated OER
How Do You Solve a System of Equations by Graphing?
Two equations. What's the solution to this system? How can you solve it? Can you write the two equations in slope-intercept form? Yes, you can. Now graph each equation. Look, the lines intersect. What does that mean? That means that...
Brightstorm
Average Velocity
You've launched a pumpkin into the air. How can you calculate its average velocity? Viewers learn how to calculate the average velocity of an object from tables and graphs, including a careful derivation of units, in the first...
Flipped Math
Calculus AB/BC - The Power Rule
There has to be a quicker way. Pupils learn the power rule that allows for a shortcut to take the derivative of terms to a power. Using the newly found rule, scholars find the slope of the tangent line to a function at a given x value....
National Education Association
Determine Minimum, Maximum, Vertex, and Zeros Given the Graph
Do not always be maxed out by the vertex. A short video introduces the graphical display of the vertex and zeros of a quadratic function. The presenter provides the definitions of the minimum and maximum of the graph along with...
Bozeman Science
Position vs Time Graph - Part 1
Learners investigate the relationship of position with respect to time in a graphical situation and develop an understanding of the slope related to the object in motion. They then use that understanding to create a velocity versus time...
Krista King Math
Differentiability and Horizontal and Vertical Tangent Lines
Use slope to find the location of horizontal and vertical tangent lines. Using the derivative of a radical function, the presenter finds the points where the derivative is zero or undefined on a given interval. The 26th in a series of 31...
Flipped Math
Graphs of Functions
Create a graphical description. Pupils watch a video presentation starting with vocabulary on properties of a graph of a function and then use the vocabulary to find key features of graphs of a function. Scholars use three graphs in the...
Curated OER
What Does Direct Variation Look Like on a Graph?
In a graph of a direct variation, the line must pass through the origin, (0,0). See the teacher illustrate what that looks like on a graph.
Curated OER
What Does Direct Variation Look Like on a Graph?
In a graph of a direct variation, the line must pass through the origin, (0,0). See the teacher illustrate what that looks like on a graph.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Algebra: Graphical Slope of a Line
This video demonstrates how to find the slope of a line given the graph of the line. The video uses a formula and demonstrates how to find the slope with several sets of points on the line. It shows that the slope is the same no matter...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Algebra: Slope of a Line 3
This video demonstrates how to find the slope of two points that when graphed create a vertical line. The video uses the slope formula to demonstrate that the slope of a vertical line is zero. [5:05]