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The rise is the difference in y coordinates for a line and the run is the difference in x coordinates. For a negative slope, the rise is negative and the run is positive.

The slope is the "rise over the run", dividing the y difference by the x difference. The formula is :

.Y2- Y1
. _____
.X2 -X1

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