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Effects of Changing Slope or Y-Intercept

This document discusses how changing the slope and y-intercept of a linear equation affects its graph. It explains that increasing the y-intercept moves the graph up, decreasing it moves it down. Doubling or tripling the slope makes the graph steeper, halving it makes it flatter. The document provides examples of changing the slope and y-intercept of equations on a graphing calculator and assessing understanding with multiple choice questions.

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Effects of Changing Slope or Y-Intercept

This document discusses how changing the slope and y-intercept of a linear equation affects its graph. It explains that increasing the y-intercept moves the graph up, decreasing it moves it down. Doubling or tripling the slope makes the graph steeper, halving it makes it flatter. The document provides examples of changing the slope and y-intercept of equations on a graphing calculator and assessing understanding with multiple choice questions.

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Effects of changing slope or y-intercept

Teacher Notes

Parts 1 and 2 of this lesson are to be done on the calculator. Part 3 uses the TI-Navigator
System.

Part 1: Calculator Investigation of changing the y-intercept of an equation

In your calculators y= screen enter the equation y = 2x + 5 into y1

Question: What is the y-intercept of this equation? _____5____________

Question: If the y-intercept were decreased by 7, what would be the new y-intercept?
____-2__________

Write a new equation using the new y-intercept and the same slope as the equation
above.

y=2x-2

Enter this equation into y2 on your calculator. Compare the graphs.

The graph moved down 7 units.

Question: If the original y-intercept were increased by 3, what would be the new y-
intercept? ____8__________

Write a new equation using the new y-intercept and same slope as the original
equation.

y=2x+8

Enter this equation into y2 on your calculator. Compare the graphs.

The graph moved up 3 units

Analysis: What effect does changing the y-intercept of an equation have on the graph?

Increasing a y-intercepts moves the graph up.


Decreasing a y-intercept moves the graph down.

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Effects of changing slope or y-intercept

Part 2: Calculator investigation of changing the slope of an equation

In your calculators y= screen enter the equation y = 2x + 5 into y1

Question: What is the slope of this equation? ______2________

Question: If the original slope were doubled, what would be the new slope? 4

Write an equation using the new slope and same y-intercept as the original equation.

y=4x+5

Enter the new equation into y2. Compare the graphs.

The graph became steeper.

Question: If the original slope were tripled, what would be the new slope? 6

Write an equation using the new slope and same y-intercept as the original equation.

y=6x+5

Enter the new equation into y2. Compare the graphs.

The graph became steeper. More steep than doubling the slope.

Question: If the original slope were halved, what would be the new slope? 1

Write an equation using the new slope and same y-intercept as the original equation.

y=x+5

Enter the new equation into y2. Compare the graphs.

They became less steep (flatter).

Analysis: What effect does changing the slope have on the graph?

When multiplying by a number greater than 1 the graph becomes steeper. When
multiplying by a number between 0 and 1 the graph will become less steep (flatter)

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Effects of changing slope or y-intercept

Part 3: Assessment Section

Get into the Navigator application on your calculator. We will answer a few quick poll
questions based on the knowledge you just discovered from the previous parts.

Load the Changing y-intercept activity setting. Before starting the quick polls assign the
following colors to the matching equations.

Red: 2x +5
White: 2x+2
Green: 2x+1
Blue: 2x–1
Orange: 2x–4

Use this activity setting for questions 1-3. Send quick polls set for multiple choice A-D.

Question 1: Which line would you get if you increased the y-intercept of the green line
by 4?

a. Blue line
b. Red line
c. Orange line
d. White line

Question 2: Which line would you get if you decreased the y-intercept of the white line
by 3?

a. Blue line
b. Red line
c. Orange line
d. Green line

Question 3: Which line has a y-intercept that has been decreased from the blue line?

a. Red line
b. Orange line
c. Green line
d. White line

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Effects of changing slope or y-intercept

Load the Changing slope activity setting. Before starting


the quick polls assign the following colors to the matching
equations.

Red: x +3
White: -.5x+3
Green: 2x+3
Blue: -2x+3
Orange: -x+3
Purple: .5x+3

Use this activity setting for questions 4-6. Send quick


polls set for multiple choice A-E.

Question 4: Which line would you get if you doubled the


slope of the red line?

a. Orange line
b. Blue line
c. Green line
d. White line
e. Purple line

Question 5: Which line would you get if you halved the


slope of the blue line?

a. Orange line
b. Red line
c. Green line
d. White line
e. Purple line

Question 6: Which line would you get if you multiplied the


slope of the white line by 4?

a. Orange line
b. Red line
c. Green line
d. Blue line
e. Purple line

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Effects of changing slope or y-intercept

Load the Changing slope and y-intercept activity setting.


Should be the equation y=2x-1. Use this activity setting
for questions 7-9.

Question 7: What would be the equation you increased the y-


intercept by 2 and multiplied the slope by -2?

a. y = 4x – 3
b. y = 1– 4x
c. y = 2 + 4x
d. y = -4x – 2

Question 8: What would be the equation you decreased the y-


intercept by 6 and multiplied the slope by .5?

a. y = .5x + 5
b. y = -6 – x
c. y = -7 + x
d. y = x + 6

Question 9: What effect does increasing the y-intercept by


2 and keeping the same x-intercept have on the slope of the
line?

a. The slope is doubled


b. The slope is halved
c. There is no change in the slope
d. The slope changes from positive to negative

Teacher Notes Page 5 of 5

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