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=Directions to the Slope Project!=

1. Go to the website http://www.mathwarehouse.com/algebra/linear_equation/slope-of-a-line.php. Read the website and answer the following questions at [].

2. Open Geometers Sketchpad. Download this image onto your computer. Open a new file on Geometer's Sketchpad and look in the Downloads folder. Open up this map onto Geometer's Sketchpad.

3. Answer the following questions. To answer the following questions, create a Powerpoint and add screen shots of the sketchpad to prove your answers. Also provide a brief description of how you solved the answers.



Above is an example of what we want the PowerPoint to look like. But feel free to be as creative as you want!

4. When you are done with your PowerPoint, send it to my email address amocogni@gmail.com

Questions:

1. According to the gridlock, what is the slope between the points on Indiana and Kansas?

2. What is the slope between Kansas and South Dakota.

3. State the equation of the line between points in California and Florida.

4. What is the y-intercept on the line between the points in Wyoming and Georgia.

5. What is the x-intercept on that same line?

6. Pinpoint two points on the line that go through the line y=5x + 6?