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You don't.You could find percent of change but first you would have to learn to check your spelling!Suppose the value changes from X to Ythe change is (Y - X)the proportional change is (Y - X)/X = (Y/X - 1)the percentage change is 100*(Y/X - 1)that is,100*(New Value/Old Value - 1)
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In expressions such as "x-y", both "x" and "y" can have any value. The value of "x-y" will depend on what the value of "x" and the value of "y" are.
In a linear relationship such as represented in the equation x= b+ay. The relationship between the x and y is a direct variation. This basically means that in the above equation/situation the value of the y variable is proportional to the value of the x variable. In other words the x and y increase or decrease proportionately. If the x value decreases the y value decreases. If the x value increases so does the y value. Now in a quadratic relationship it is a little different in that this kind of function is actually in the shape of a parabola. The equation for this relationship is ax2 + bx + c = y. The parabolic relationship exists when one variable depends on the square of another and this relationship is often expressed in saying that the y variable varies directly with the square of the x variable.
If y=4/7, then the line is a horizontal line. This means that there is infinite change in the x value without any change in the y value, so slope (change in y/ change in x) will be 0 divided by any number. Thus the slope is 0.