Writing Equations of Lines - Mathitude申请文档审核.ppt

Writing Equations of Lines Starting with Point – Slope Form y – y1 = m (x – x1) Point – Slope Form Example #1 Example #2 Example #3 Other Forms of Linear Equations Writing Equations in Slope – Intercept Form Example #4 Writing Equations In Standard Form Example #5 y as a FUNCTION of x * All the slides in this presentation are timed. Trying to advance the slides before you are asked to do so will result in skipping part of the presentation on that slide. When each slide is finished a box will appear to let you know there is nothing left on that slide. DONE To write an equation of a line in point – slope form, all you need is … … Any Point On The Line … … The Slope … (x1, y1) m Once you have these two things, you can write the equation as y – y1 = m (x – x1) That’s “y minus the y-value of the point equals the slope times the quantity of x minus the x-value of the point”. Note: This equation is not in function form … more on that later. DONE Write the equation of the line that goes through the point (2, –3) and has a slope of 4. Point = (2, –3) Slope = 4 y – y1 = m (x – x1) y + 3 = 4 (x – 2) Starting with the point – slope form Plug in the y-value, the slope, and the x-value to get Notice, that when you subtracted the “–3” it became “+3”. DONE y – y1 = m (x – x1) Starting with the point – slope form Plug in the y-value, the slope, and the x-value to get Notice, that when you subtracted the “–4” it became “+4”. Write the equation of the line that goes through the point (–4, 6) and has a slope of . Point = (–4, 6) Slope = y – 6 = (x + 4) DONE Write the equation of the line that goes through the points (6, –4) and (2, 8) . Point = (6, –4) Slope = –3 y + 4 = –3 (x – 6) We have two points, but we’re missing the slope. Using the formula for slope, we can find the slope to be Point = (2, 8) Slope = –3 To use point – slope form, we need a point and a slope. Since we have two points, just pick one … IT DOESN’T MATTER