Nothing it just represents slope.
Slope!
m stands for modulus, and is a measure of the slope.
"m" stands for slope
Slope intercept form is y=mx+b the m would stand for your slope and b would stand for you y intercept written as (0,b)
If you are talking about linear graphs, m refers to the gradient (aka slope or rate of change).
Slope!
m stands for modulus, and is a measure of the slope.
"m" stands for slope
Modulus.
m stands for "modulus of slope"; modulus means "number used to measure." We now call the slope just simply "slope" but still use "m" to indicate it in the formula.
Slope intercept form is y=mx+b the m would stand for your slope and b would stand for you y intercept written as (0,b)
If you are talking about linear graphs, m refers to the gradient (aka slope or rate of change).
Sometimes... some variables can only stand for one thing, like m= slope, but "x" is a variable that can stand for just about anything; slope, axis, and equations.
In the slope formula, the "m" represents the slope of a line. It quantifies the rate of change of the y-coordinate with respect to the x-coordinate, indicating how steep the line is. In the context of the slope-intercept form of a linear equation, (y = mx + b), "m" reflects how much y changes for a one-unit increase in x.
M refers to the modulus of the slope.
It is an arbitrary convention.
If the slope of a line is m then the slope of an altitude to that line is -1/m.