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The measure of the steepness of line expressed as rise over run is called slope.

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What ia a measure of the steepness of a line?

If you're talking about a line on a graph the steepness would be defined as the slope. Also know as rise over run. The number of units the line rises or falls divided by the number of units it goes to the right or left


What part of a line that is also called rise-over-run measures the steepness?

It is the slope or gradient of the line that measures its steepness.


What is the line ratio for rise to run?

The line ratio for rise to run is a measure of slope, often expressed as "rise/run." It indicates the vertical change (rise) over the horizontal change (run) between two points on a line. For example, if a line rises 3 units for every 4 units it runs horizontally, the line ratio is 3/4. This ratio helps determine the steepness of the line in graphical representations.


What is the steepness of a line measured by the difference of y divided by the difference of x?

Its called the "slope" of the line, and I think its actually X over Y (X/Y). Where on a coordinate plane, you measure first horizontally and then vertically.


What is the measure steepness of a slope?

The steepness of a slope is measured by its gradient, which is the ratio of the vertical rise to the horizontal run. This is often expressed as a percentage or a ratio, such as "rise over run." A steeper slope has a higher gradient, indicating a greater change in elevation over a shorter horizontal distance. In mathematical terms, the slope can also be represented as the tangent of the angle of inclination.


A measure of the change in elevation over a certain distance?

This would be the slope or the gradient.


What does slope represent?

In math, the slope of a line represents its steepness. It is the change in y values over the change in the values of x, or rise over run.


Define the word slope?

Slope is found by calculating rise over run. It represents the steepness of a line and the line's direction. The higher the absolute value of the slope, the more the line's steepness increases, and vice versa. If the slope is positive, the line is diagonal upwards to the right ( / ). If the slope is negative, the line is diagonal downwards to the right ( \ ). If the slope is zero, the line is horizontal. If it is "undefined", the line is a vertical line.


What is the steepness of a line on a graph represents?

The change in the y-value over the x-value, the slope, m, (y1-y2)/(x1-x2).


Another name for slope?

Gradient is another term used to describe the slope of a line or surface. It represents the rate of change or steepness of a line or surface.


How does the slope affect the steepness of a line?

The larger the absolute value of the slope if, the more vertical, or steeper, the line is. A horizontal line has slope 0, a line that is just a very little bit steep, might have slope, 1/10, a line that is very steep might have slope 10/1 or 10, or even 1000000 and as that number gets bigger and bigger, the line becomes almost vertical. For practical purposes, the slope, or steepness, of the line can be determined by rise over run, or, with a 0/0 intercept, then y over x, or, y1-y2 over x1-x2.


This term is the slope of a stream channel expressed as the vertical drop of a stream over a specified distance?

The term is known as stream gradient, which represents the steepness of a stream channel and is calculated as the vertical drop of a stream over a specific horizontal distance. It is expressed in feet per mile or meters per kilometer.