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SWBAT Determine The X-Intercept and The Y-Intercept of A Straight Line

The document contains examples and problems related to determining the x-intercept, y-intercept, and equation of a straight line. It begins by defining intercepts and having students find intercepts of lines. Then it derives the formula for gradient in terms of intercepts and has students find gradients. Next it teaches drawing graphs from equations in slope-intercept form. Finally, it has students write equations given gradient and intercept information. The overall goal is to teach students how to determine and represent straight lines using various intercept, point, and equation forms.

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SWBAT Determine The X-Intercept and The Y-Intercept of A Straight Line

The document contains examples and problems related to determining the x-intercept, y-intercept, and equation of a straight line. It begins by defining intercepts and having students find intercepts of lines. Then it derives the formula for gradient in terms of intercepts and has students find gradients. Next it teaches drawing graphs from equations in slope-intercept form. Finally, it has students write equations given gradient and intercept information. The overall goal is to teach students how to determine and represent straight lines using various intercept, point, and equation forms.

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SWBAT #1: SWBAT determine the x-intercept and the y-intercept of a straight line. 1.

Using your own words, define the x-intercept and y-intercept of a straight line. 2. Find the y and x intercepts of the straight line below:

Solution: x-intercept=-4 y-intercept=6 3. Find the x and y intercepts of each straight line segments below:

a d b

c Straight line segment a b c d x-intercept 6 -4 -2 y-intercept 4 1 -4 3

4. Draw a straight line through the following pairs of points. Then, determine the x and y intercepts. a. K(-6,0) L(0,-3) b. P(-2,-1) Q(4,2) c. T(6,5) U(0,-5) Solution:

PQ

TU KL

KL: x-int.=-6, y-int.=-3 PQ: x-int.=0, y-int.=0 TU: x-int.=3, y-int.=-5 SWBAT #2: SWBAT Derive the formula for the gradient of a straight line in terms of the x-intercept and the y-intercept. 5. Find the gradients of straight lines with the following x and y-intercepts: x-intercept y-intercept Gradients 2 -4 -2.5 -5 6 -2

6. Fill in the missing blanks: x-intercept -3 4 5, 3, -6

y-intercept 15 9

Gradients -3 3/2

7. Given points M(0,b) and N(a,0) that lie on a straight line, determine the x-intercept, yintercept, and derive the formula for gradient in terms of these intercepts. Solution: x-intercept: a y-intercept:b m=(y2-y1)/(x2-x1)=(0-b)/(a-0)=-b/a=-y-intercept/x-intercept m=-y-int./x-int. SWBAT #3: SWBAT draw the graph given an equation of the form y=mx+b 8. The following graph shows a straight line on the Cartesian plane. Find the lines equation:

Solution: First, look at the y-intercept of the graph. The line crosses the y-axis at (0,5), so the value of b in the equation y=mx+b is 5. Now, using the formula for gradient in intercept form, find the gradient. m=-b/a, a=x-intercept and b=y-intercept. In this case, m=-5/-3=5/3. Now, we can plug in the values into the unknown variables. y=5/3x+5 9. Given the following table, graph the straight line on the coordinate plane and write the lines equation. x 0 2 y -4 2

Given the equation y=mx+b, students must by now be able to define the variables. After plotting the points and drawing the line, students will be able to see that the y-intercept is 4, so b=4. Using the formula m=change in y/change in x, m=3. So, y=3x-4. 10. A line with a gradient of 2 containing the point (-3,6) has the equation: a. y=2x b. y=2x+12 c. y=2x-12 d. y=2x+9 Solution: First, remember that gradient is the m value in the equation y=mx+b. So, we know that the gradient is 2, and m=2. At this point, all the options are possible. We are given the point (3,6). We can substitute this point to see if the equation makes sense. Option a is wrong because 62(-3). Option c is wrong because 62(-3)-12. Option d is wrong because 62(-3)+9. B is the correct answer.
SWBAT #4: SWBAT write the equation of the straight line given the gradient and the y-intercept 11. Given the following gradients and y-intercepts, write the corresponding equation in slope-intercept form. Gradient 5 0.97 -1/8 3/2 y-intercept -9 11 5/2 6 3 Equation

y=5x-9 y=0.97x+11 y= x+5/2 y=-1/8x+6 y=3/2x+3

12. Given the equation y=-2x+5, find the gradient and y-intercept. Justify your answer. m=-2 b=5 In the slope-intercept form equation y=mx+b, m is the gradient and b is the y-intercept. 13. Find the gradient and y-intercept of the following straight line equation 3x+5y=15 3x+5y=15 Isolate the y-variable 5y=-3x+15 Divide both sides by 5 y=-3/5x+3

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