The slope is the ratio of rise over the run. The rise is the change in the vertical distance.
The run is the change in the horizontal distance.
So the slope is the ratio of two changes, horizontal divided by vertical.
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Depends. Slope of tangent = instantaneous rate of change. Slope of secant = average rate of change.
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The slope of the trend line is the rate of change of the data. It is the ratio of the change of the dependent variable to the rate of change of the independent variable. Slope represents the value of the correlation.
slope of a line
Rate of Change