Line Plots

Are you ready Line Plots

to review? Median, mode, mean,

and range
Histograms and Bar
graphs

Tips: on how to use a line plot

properly.

How: to solve the line plot using the

notes
 Line Plot
Line plots

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In Math, you can use a line plots

to show results of a survey
 How can you express the
relationship between the force
and the amount of deformation?
Linear Relationship

A linear relationship is characterized by

an increase or decrease of one variable
as the other one also changes.

When the variables are plotted in a

graph, a straight line is formed.
Let's plot the values!

6
Deformation (mm)

4
The variables form
2
a straight line!

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Force (N)
Slope-intercept Form

The equation of the line

can be written using the y = mx + b
slope-intercept form.
slope y-intercept
 Slope describes the steepness
and the direction of a line.

It is calculated using:
rise Δy y2 - y 1
How do you calculate m= = =
run Δx x2 - x1
the slope of a line?
Let's calculate the slope!

12
Deformation (mm)

10

8
x2 , y 2 rise
m=
6 run
x1 , y 1
rise y2 - y 1
4 m=
run x2 - x 1
2
6.38 - 4.32
0
m=
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 3.00 - 2.00
Force (N) m = 2.06
How do you calculate the
y-intercept of a line?

Y-intercept is the point where

the graph crosses the y-axis.

Calculate the y-intercept by

determining the value of y
when x is zero.
Let's calculate the y-intercept!
Substitute the values
of m = 2.06 and one
data point (1.00,
2.26) in the equation.
Then, solve for y. y = mx + b

2.26 = 2.06(1.00) + b

b = 2.26 - 2.06 = 0.2

Let's calculate the y-intercept!

12

Deformation (mm)
10

2
y - intercept, b = 0.2
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Force (N)
Equation of the Line

The two variables have

12
a linear relationship.

Deformation (mm)
10

8
As the force increases,
6
the deformation also
4
increases. The equation of the line is
y = 2.06x + 0.2.
2

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Force (N)
Let's Practice!
 Example 1
Y vs X
12

10

Find the following based 8

on the graph.
Y 6

slope of the line 4

y-intercept 2

equation of the line 0

-1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 1 2.5
X
Answer to Example 1
Y vs X
12

10

Find the following based 8

on the graph.
Y 6

slope of the line = 2.3 4

y-intercept = 5 2

equation of the line 0

y = 2.3x + 5 -1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 1 2.5

X
 Example 2
Y vs X
12

10

Find the following based 8

on the graph.
Y 6

slope of the line 4

y-intercept 2

0
equation of the line -2.5 -2 -1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5

X
Answer to Example 2
Y vs X
12

10

Find the following based 8

on the graph.
Y 6

slope of the line = -3 4

y-intercept = 3.9 2

0
equation of the line
-2.5 -2 -1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5
y = -3x + 3.9
X
Does the graph below show
a linear relationship?
Why? Why not?

Y vs X
40

35

30

25

Y 20
15

10

0
0 1 2 3 4 5
X
 Does the graph below show
a linear relationship?
Why? Why not?

Y vs X
40

35

30

No, the graph does not show 25

a linear relationship since the Y 20

line is not straight. 15

10
The graph forms a parabola. 5

0
0 1 2 3 4 5
X
Deformation Test

FORCE (N) DEFORMATION (mm)

In Materials Engineering, the 1.00 2.26

class tests how materials react 2.00 4.32
to stress. It measurs the
deformation of material every 3.00 6.38
time additional stress is applied 4.00 8.44
to it. The result of the testing is
5.00 10.50
shown on the table on the right.
 Thank you for listening!
For our next topic, read about quadratic functions.

References:
CK-12. Linear Relationships. Last Accessed October 20, 2021 from https://www.ck12.org/book/ck-12-probability-and-statistics-concepts/section/11.1/.
CK-12. Determining the Equation of a Line. Last Accessed October 19, 2021 from https://www.ck12.org/algebra/determining-the-equation-of-a-line/.
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