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OpenStudy (anonymous):

@hartnn

hartnn (hartnn):

not sure how to sketch a slope field... have u been taught that?

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

can you take a screenshot of original table and attach ?

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

just draw a small line segment at each point in the table with the corresponding slope value

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

keep in mind "slope at a point = dy/dx at that point"

OpenStudy (anonymous):

wait what..

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

whats the value of dy/dx at point (-1, 1) ?

hartnn (hartnn):

ohh! slope fields are just small line segments with that slope ?

hartnn (hartnn):

at that point

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

yes drawing a lot of them gives an almost smooth integral curve

OpenStudy (anonymous):

-1/3

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

how does a line of slope -1/3 looks like ?

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

something like this ? |dw:1420312113700:dw|

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

draw that line element at the point (-1, 1)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yea

OpenStudy (anonymous):

|dw:1420312205348:dw|

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

not quite, just draw a tiny element staying closer to the point (-1, 1)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what do you mmean by element i dont get it

OpenStudy (anonymous):

can you show me an example

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

|dw:1420312325047:dw|

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