1. Honors Geometry Section 3.8 Lines in the Coordinate Plane

2. The slope of a line is a ratio that indicates how a line rises or falls from left to right.

3. The slope of a nonvertical line that contains the points is equal to the ratio

4. When graphing, it is helpful to think of slope as rise over run.

5. What would the slope of a vertical line be? Why?

6. Examples: Find the slope of the line through the given points.

7. Two nonvertical lines are parallel iff their slopes are equal. Note: Vertical lines will be parallel.

8. Two nonvertical lines are perpendicular iff their slopes are opposite reciprocals. Note: A horizontal line and a vertical line are perpendicular. change the sign flip the fraction

9. There are two forms for an equation of a line with which you should be familiar. Slope-intercept form: Point-slope form:

10. Example: Write an equation in point-slope form for the line through the point (3, -5) with a slope of.

11. Example: Write an equation, in slope- intercept form, for the line through the point (12, 5) that will be perpendicular to the line.

12. Example: Write an equation, in slope- intercept form, for the line through the points (2, -5) and (4, 2).