Putting Green

Your goal is to help the golfer make his putt by making the line connect the ball to the hole. Use the left and right arrow keys to change the values of m and b.

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What does m represent?
Is your value of m positive or negative? Why?
Is your value of m big or small? Why?

What does b represent?
Is your value of b positive or negative? Why?

If you were to move the ball to (-2, 1) by creating a point at (-2,1) What happens to your values of m and b? Why?

Jackie Southard, Created with GeoGebra