Now consider the x-intercept. Students build a polynomial factor widget or polynomial multiplier. M y2-y1 x2-x1 See this video for an example.
The slope is the rise over run.
Now consider the x-intercept. Then you can call the first point x1y1 and the second one x2y2 Now all you need to do is subtract y1 from y2 y2-y1 and divide it by x2 minus x1 x2-x1. M is the slope. Substitute the x and y coordinates for x and y respectively in the above equation.