Geometry · lesson 7

The Slope Triangle

You can draw the slope triangle above the line or below it. Watch both. The corner moves; the rise and the run do not.

corner 1 across → then up|corner 2 up → then acrossBoth triangles give the same rise and the same run. Draw the one that fits your paper.
Step 1

One line, two points on it

You may draw the slope triangle on either side of the line. Both are correct.

  1. The work will print here, one line at a time.
Projecting? Press Space for the next step.
Try another
the line run — across rise — up or down

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