Things About a Graph…

y
Where a line
crosses the
X- axis is
called the X-
Intercept
X

X-intercept = -1
 y

Same thing with

the Y axis.
x

y-intercept = 2
 y
• What are
the X and Y
intercepts?

X-Intercept = -3

x
Y-Intercept = 4
 y = 3x + 1
If you just have a function without a graph,
you can still find the X and Y intercepts!

WOW!!
 y = 3x + 3
• To find the x-
intercept, just sub (0) = 3x + 3
in a 0 for y in the
formula…. +(-3) +(-3)

…and solve for X! -3 = 3x

3 3

x-intercept is -1 -1 = x
To find the y-intercept
just sub in 0 for x y = 3x + 3

y = 3(0) + 3
…and solve for y !

y=3
Whoa, we’re done!
Y-intercept is 3
CLASSWORK: Find the X and Y intercepts
of the following functions:
Mr. A will help
3. y = 3x + 12 you over here…
4. 6x + 3y = 24
5. x = 2y + 4
 CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!

Now that you have the X & Y

intercepts, you can graph these
without having to do that crazy
function chart!!!!

LET’S GRAPH ‘EM !!!!

 The slope of a
graph is a
measure of how
steep it is.

The bigger the

number, the
steeper the slope
This line is This slope
perfectly is only
flat.
What
This linedo
is you about
think
REALLY the¼slope is?
STEEP!!
The slope here is 0about 10000000 !
This slope is exactly 1
Okay, maybe just 20…that’s still steep!
A line that goes up from left to right has a
positive slope.

POSITIVE SLOPE !

BARELY POSITIVE!
(almost ZERO!)

NOT POSITIVE!

must be…
NEGATIVE SLOPE!
Lines that go down from left to right have
NEGATIVE SLOPES
In Math, the slope of a line is:

SLOPE =
DIFFERENCE IN Y
DIFFERENCE IN X
How to find the SLOPE.
• Pick any two points
of the line
• Find the difference
in Y and write it.
• Find the difference
in X and write it
under.
• Simplify the fraction,
and that’s the +2
slope!!
+3
Or do it with math! (-3,3)
• Pick two points, and
get their
coordinates.
• Difference in y
(1,-3)
Difference in x
(remember: “difference”
means you substract!)

3 – (-3) 6 -3
Slope = -3 – 1 = =
-4 2
What’s the slope?
Here are two points on a line. What is the
slope?

(3,6) (-5,-7)