Slope in the X-Games• Find a picture from X-games present or past that

demonstrates slope using one of the ramps of jumps• Print the picture out…and using a ruler draw a right triangle

where the hypotenuse is the line that represents the slope, and the sides are the height and width of the ramp/jump.

• Measure (in cm.) the height and width of the ramp/jump (this is slope….rise over run)

• Use the following website to find the angle of elevation (slope as a degree)! http://www.mathopenref.com/coordslope.html

or : https://www.desmos.com/calculator/• Print out your graph from this website.

Ms. Ervin “X-treme Math” : Slope in the X-Games

Slope = rise run

Slope = - 5 cm -3.5 cm

Slope = 1.43

Tan angle A = opposite side adjacent side

(arcTan)(1.43) = 55 degree

Calculator Used: https://www.desmos.com/calculator/

http://www.mathopenref.com/coordslope.html

https://www.desmos.com/calculator/