a positive slope is a slope which increases in value "y" as well as its value for "x"
i.e. (0,0)(2,2) would be listed as positive because the values increase olong the slope of the line
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A straight line with a positive slope, passing through the origin.
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A positive slope is simply a slope going upward on a graph from left to right. A negative slope is a slope going downward from left to right. Often, negative slopes are the reverse of positive slopes and are both depending on the person's direction.
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You know when the slope of a line is negative when m in the slope-intercept form equation y=mx+b is negative. For example, y=-3x+2 has a negative slope since m (which is -3 in this case) is negative. This is the same when finding a positive slope, because if m is positive, then the slope is positive.