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Pick any two points. If possible, find ones that coincide with grid points. Label then A and B. It does not matter which way round you label them but the rest of this depends on them being treated in the same order.
Calculate the rise: the vertical distance from A to B, as measured on the vertical axis.
Calculate the run: the horizontal distance from A to B, as measured on thehorizontalaxis.
Divide the rise by the run.
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Do you divide the rise over run or vice verse?
Rise over run
How do you find the second point using rise over run?
Rise over run gives you slope, not points
Slope equals rise over what?
Slope equals rise over run.
Why is it rise over run and not run over rise?
It could have been either but it must have been easier to put the y-coordinate on top.
What is the measure of the steepness of line expressed as rise over run?
The measure of the steepness of line expressed as rise over run is called slope.
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