SLOPES BY: Taylor lacy, Mike Perkins, Nolan

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What is a slope

Slope describes the steepness of line in a coordinate plane.

How to find the slope You can find the slope of a line by

subtracting the coordinates of any two points on a line.

Some facts about slope The person that invented the slope

formula was Rene Descartes. The formula for slope is Y2-Y2 X1-X2

Examples of slope A slope is like a hill or mountain if u go up

a hill that is the positive slope. If you go down the hill that is the negative slope.

Slope The direction of the slant of a line

indicates a positive or negative slope.

More about slope You can use slope to find the steepness of

a ramp. The steepness of a ramp is the ratio to the vertical change to the horizontal change. In math , slope is a number that describes the steepness of a line.

Slope The Slope is represented by the

variable of “m” 2x+m=8

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Sources citizenphilosophy.net

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