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Monday, July 21, 2008

Slope Of A Line - College Level

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Find the slope of the line going through the following points:

(3, 6) and (-2, -4)

The term “Slope” usually refers to an incline of a straight line. In order to visualize a straight line that is drawn at an incline, it is important to note that this line will travel a certain horizontal distance while rising up or down a certain vertical distance. The horizontal distance is called the “run” and the vertical distance is called the “rise”. The ratio between the two is called the “slope” which also represents the steepness of that line.

The formula used for calculating the slope of a straight line is as follows:







Where m represents the slope going through two points that are indicated as:











In order to calculate the slope we use the above formula as follows:







Therefore, the slope of the line = 2












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