If the line slants upward (going towards the right), then the slope is positive.
The slope of a vertical line is undefined. It either slants straight up or straight down-- you can not say which. The formula for slope does not work in this case because the denominator is zero.
A line with slope of zero is horizontal. A line with no slope is vertical because slope is undefined on a vertical line.
The lines below are perpendicular. If the slope of the green line is -1, what is the slope of the red line?
If a line has a slope m then a line perpendicular to it has a slope -1/m ( negative inverse). For example if a line has slope positive 2, its perpendicular has slope -1/2
To find the slope of a perpendicular line, take the negative reciprocal of the slope of the given line. (Flip the top and bottom of the fraction and change the sign.) The slope of 3 can be written as 3/1. The slope of a line that is perpendicular is -1/3.
If the line slants up and to the right, it has a positive slope. If it is slanting up and to the left, it has a negative slope.
A straight line graph with negative slope slants downward from left to right.
If the slope (line)is in upward direction, it is called positive slope
if the line slants down (from left to right) then it is negative. if the line slants up (from left to right) then it is positive. horisontal lines have a slope of "0" and and vertical ones are undefined.
A line that slopes to the right and up has a positive slope.
The slope of a vertical line is undefined. It either slants straight up or straight down-- you can not say which. The formula for slope does not work in this case because the denominator is zero.
If you look at the slope intercept formula (y=mx+b), and the m is positive, then the line will have an upward slope (ex. y=8x+2) if the m is negative the line will have a downward slope (ex. y=-9x+6).
a line with a positive slope rises from left to right
-- If you only know that the line is slanting rather than horizontal,but you don't know which way it slants, then you can only say thatthe speed (magnitude of velocity) is changing as time goes on.-- If the line slants down as it proceeds from left to right, thenthe speed is decreasing as time goes on.-- If the line slants up as it proceeds from left to right, thenthe speed is increasing as time goes on.
When the slope of a line increases, the line becomes steeper, indicating a greater rate of change in the y-values for each unit increase in the x-values. Conversely, if the slope decreases, the line becomes less steep, indicating a smaller rate of change. A positive slope indicates an upward trend, while a negative slope indicates a downward trend. Thus, changes in slope directly affect the angle and direction of the line on a graph.
The slant or steepness of a line is called its "slope." The slope measures how much the line rises or falls vertically for a given horizontal distance. It is often represented by the letter "m" in the slope-intercept form of a linear equation, y = mx + b. A positive slope indicates an upward trend, while a negative slope indicates a downward trend.
An upward sloping diagonal line on a velocity vs. time graph represents constant acceleration. The steeper the slope, the greater the acceleration.