For a straight line, take the coordinates of two points on a line, and calculate (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1). For an arbitrary curve, the definition is a bit more complicated, and involves calculus concepts (specifically, the concept of limits).
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On one of my projects for my algebra class...my professor is asking us to find the slope of a line which is fairly easy.....but i only have one point and it's impossible to find a slope with only one point....what am i doing wrong? On one of my projects for my algebra class...my professor is asking us to find the slope of a line which is fairly easy.....but i only have one point and it's impossible to find a slope with only one point....what am i doing wrong?
What happens to a line as its slope is incrementally decreased from 1 to zero
Slope is the amount that y increases/decreases by when x increases by one. If you have an slope-intercept equation of y=mx=b, your slope is m. For example, in the equation, y=3x+14, your slope is 3.