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"The ratio of the vertical change to the horizontal change between two points on a line. It measures the steepness of a line."

Rise = vertical change

Run = horizontal change

The terms are commonly used as "rise over run" because the equation for calculating the slope(m) of a line is: m = (y2-y1) / (x2-x1)

the y points being the difference in rise and the x points being the difference in run

m = rise / run

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